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Robot Arena => Showcases => DSL TC Showcases => Topic started by: xanosz on July 11, 2018, 09:42:12 PM
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Figured I should finally start a DSL showcase, especially since my last showcased bot was in stock and over 8 years ago :confused:
First up my entries for the upcoming Orc Wars:
Sea Demon
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The height of the blue part is around 30cm. Powered by a 6 Mag and 4 Mag motors. Pretty stable all things considered and can self right most of the time.
Comet V
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A compacted version of my Robogames 1 HW entry. NPC fasts for drive and dual perms for the weapon. Wedge isn't the greatest but c'est la vie.
And now for a robot not entered in any tournaments, Shred Head!
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A SHW with dual 6 mags and Shrederator shells. It de-weapons/KO's just about every robot I've thrown at it, so definitely OP. I like how the weapon section came out but I feel the lower section has room for improvements. It only weighs 1062.5 so plenty of weight still to play around with.
Thoughts?
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Sea demon's weapon motor is just massively too exposed for my liking. I'd also suggest attempting to make the whole thing lower, this would give you a better chance of hitting flatter machines.
Cornet V. It's certainly nice, just really needs some side panels, you have all the motors exposed, even if it's just in polycarb.
Shred head. Looks fine, but Idk who'd accept a bot with Shred shells given it's a cb2 component iirc. I'd also like to see a better shot of the components.
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Sea demon's weapon motor is just massively too exposed for my liking. I'd also suggest attempting to make the whole thing lower, this would give you a better chance of hitting flatter machines.
Cornet V. It's certainly nice, just really needs some side panels, you have all the motors exposed, even if it's just in polycarb.
Shred head. Looks fine, but Idk who'd accept a bot with Shred shells given it's a cb2 component iirc. I'd also like to see a better shot of the components.
Sea Demon can be easily lowered If I remove the side panels on and put on smaller wheels which makes the overall height of lower part a little above 20cm (extenders + armor panel on top). Problem is if I wanted to keep the pyramid shape I would have to use extenders, which makes the robot more crash-prone than it already is, or make armor panels at a lower angle which then I also have to increase the reach of the weapon. I'll probably see how it does in OW then lower it and add motor support for a future version.
Thanks for the suggestion for Comet.
This is the best shot I could get of Shred heads motors. Chassis is located in the part that sticks out in the back
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Here's a CW, Bull Dozer.
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Disc at the rear isn't attached to a motor just an axle.
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Here's a CW, Bull Dozer.
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Disc at the rear isn't attached to a motor just an axle.
That's pretty sweet. Is the scoop on a burst or is it just static?
An HW version with a powered scoop and a rear flywheel instead of a static saw would be awesome.
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Damn, these are some pretty damn good designs! Keep it up!
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Here's a CW, Bull Dozer.
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Disc at the rear isn't attached to a motor just an axle.
That's pretty sweet. Is the scoop on a burst or is it just static?
An HW version with a powered scoop and a rear flywheel instead of a static saw would be awesome.
The scoop is static but I like your thinking with the HW version. I'll see what I can come up with
Damn, these are some pretty damn good designs! Keep it up!
Thanks
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The bulldozer is cool