The way to make this the most competitive is to get rid of the flipper entirely and make it into another tombclone - although I'm pretty sure you don't want to do that. :PPlease post the weight and armour used with your bots, it makes it very hard to recommend upgrades without them.
Here's a post of some tourney / pack entries. First up all of my LDAI submissions(Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)Top left - SHW 1181.5KG: Finity III. Doubled up the bar to 2 Moros blades since the original HW version. Switched the drive to NPC fasts rather than regulars, switched all of the panels to steel and gave it a pole like Naryar suggested ages ago to assist self-righting.Top middle - HW 795.8 KG: Bocuma II. This one you've seen before. Some minor changes have been made including refining the wedge to be more effective after its loss to Avalanches A.G.E Mk 3, and shuffling the drive motors around a bit.Top right - CW 598.2 KG: Kiteracer II. Pretty much completely rebuilt since you last saw it. Longer wheelbase so its more controllable, and the armor panels are now sloped at the rear to match the slope of the chassis. Lifter has also been changed as the SMIDSY style jaws, while cool looking, were pretty much useless.Bottom right - MW 397.2 KG: Spectrum. This one got redesigned about 4 times. Originally started out as a lifter believe it or not. Now a reasonably effective tribar spinner. Flatmotor for the weapon because it's all that would fit.Bottom middle - LW 247.2 KG: Carcan. Pretty happy with this one, even if it is basically beetleweight sized. Very shortl VDMA for the axe and twin slimbodies with colsons for drive, pretty nippy and self rights reasonably well despite being incredibly slab-sided. Axe is only really effective if the wedge is underneath you, which is unlikely to happen due to it not being a skirt hinge wedge.Bottom right - BW 173.9 KG: Blockbuster. The less said about this one the better. Flipper is very powerful for a BW due to it being powered by a VDMA very short. However the bot is extremely unstable when driving and has a very hard time getting under stuff. Pretty much confirms that I can't build for sh** below LW (Though it could easily be argued that I can't build for sh** at any weight class )And one of my two entries into D.O.T's tournament. My HW is basically a slightly modified version of Ovid II, since renamed to Enceladus. My CW however is entirely new.It's a wedged VS with a srimech called Sequoia, weighs 591.9 KG, but it's a bit different to the brutus/ witch doctor style. 4WD slimbodies because it's the only thing that would fit. Disc is powered by a Perm 132. Pics below:Exterior:(Image removed from quote.)Interior:(Image removed from quote.)
Is it just the one orange batt in sequoia?
also lol at most toxic guy around calling others out on this sh**
> that skirt wedge (Image removed from quote.) Looks solid apart from that. Maybe try and made the wedge and main body more connected, kinda looks like 2 bots glued together atm
my planned entry for the next Redditbots (Hence the disgusting skirt wedge. If I ever enter it into something on GTM the skirt wedge will be gone.)
Quote from: Badger on April 05, 2017, 10:49:58 AM> that skirt wedge (Image removed from quote.) Looks solid apart from that. Maybe try and made the wedge and main body more connected, kinda looks like 2 bots glued together atmQuote from: TheRoboteer on April 05, 2017, 09:26:13 AMmy planned entry for the next Redditbots (Hence the disgusting skirt wedge. If I ever enter it into something on GTM the skirt wedge will be gone.)
Quote from: Badger on April 05, 2017, 10:49:58 AM> that skirt wedge (Image removed from quote.) Looks solid apart from that. Maybe try and made the wedge and main body more connected, kinda looks like 2 bots glued together atmI agree that the wedge and the main chassis look a bit disconnected. I originally had a DSL armour triangle on either side under the angle pieces, which made it look a lot more connected, but they had to be ditched because of weight problems. Weight is the main issue here that's preventing me from doing what I actually want to do with this bot, as there's not really much I can get rid of to find the weight to do more stuff to it.
Quote from: Avalanche on April 05, 2017, 11:42:11 AMQuote from: Badger on April 05, 2017, 10:49:58 AM> that skirt wedge (Image removed from quote.) Looks solid apart from that. Maybe try and made the wedge and main body more connected, kinda looks like 2 bots glued together atmQuote from: TheRoboteer on April 05, 2017, 09:26:13 AMmy planned entry for the next Redditbots (Hence the disgusting skirt wedge. If I ever enter it into something on GTM the skirt wedge will be gone.) Yes, thank you, I can and did read that. I felt that the wedge was so bad it was worth repeating, since the point of showcases is advice. Try contributing something instead of sh**posting in a showcase next time.Quote from: TheRoboteer on April 05, 2017, 11:49:39 AMQuote from: Badger on April 05, 2017, 10:49:58 AM> that skirt wedge (Image removed from quote.) Looks solid apart from that. Maybe try and made the wedge and main body more connected, kinda looks like 2 bots glued together atmI agree that the wedge and the main chassis look a bit disconnected. I originally had a DSL armour triangle on either side under the angle pieces, which made it look a lot more connected, but they had to be ditched because of weight problems. Weight is the main issue here that's preventing me from doing what I actually want to do with this bot, as there's not really much I can get rid of to find the weight to do more stuff to it.Weight is always an issue, maybe change some of the back pllates to polycarb to save weight, or do a small redesign of the front?
idk about the alu piece just sticking out tbh
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Quote from: Shield on April 05, 2017, 09:33:14 PMidk about the alu piece just sticking out tbhQuote from: Badger on April 05, 2017, 09:36:53 PMget
Quote from: TheRoboteer on April 05, 2017, 09:47:01 PMQuote from: Shield on April 05, 2017, 09:33:14 PMidk about the alu piece just sticking out tbhQuote from: Badger on April 05, 2017, 09:36:53 PMget
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