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« on: June 06, 2017, 10:19:57 PM »
A lot. At minimum, you're looking at 1000 bucks to build a basic platform, and at least 5000 to get it competent.
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« on: October 02, 2016, 01:26:17 AM »
 Soon...
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« on: October 01, 2016, 05:01:43 PM »
I put in a thing.
And its new.
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« on: September 27, 2016, 12:01:45 AM »
NOOO!!!! Why did you use Large Nightmare tooth... its collision mesh is screwed up!
...Its a Typhoon tooth.
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« on: August 30, 2016, 02:00:41 AM »
n00b question, why do none of the bots (particularly spinners) use internal combustion engines for weapons rather than electric motors? Have electric motors gottrn to the point where they are more powerful at that weight? Or is it just the fear of overturning when flipped? Prohibited in the rules?
Way too unreliable. They can just spontaneously die at any moment. Not to mention all the other components needed to make them run(Gas, gas tank, clutch, starter, etc.). They're just not worth it when lower power but far more reliable electric motors exist.
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« on: August 09, 2016, 03:59:57 PM »
As the AI only attacks head on, having moving weapons on the rear is considered a waste of weight. At most consider a static spike, but know that LWs can't afford to waste any weight.
Size has no effect on pushing power, its all in the motors. A larger chassis by base-plate size does increase HP, but the added weight is often not worth it.
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« on: August 09, 2016, 03:45:54 PM »
Of note:
You can save a great deal of weight by going with Shiny hub wheels
Its better to have one piston loaded with weapons rather than multiple pistons armed with one weapon
Your design has more battery than you need, two pinks would be enough
You have a lot of empty space, make it tighter to save weight
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« on: August 07, 2016, 06:15:41 PM »
...Why are you guys asking to put an antweight into a featherweight competition?
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« on: July 27, 2016, 06:56:10 PM »
Yes, but they suck.
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« on: July 18, 2016, 09:22:18 PM »
MAN did TLS did not perform well in the tourney. I was really expecting better from it.
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« on: July 17, 2016, 07:59:00 PM »
Nice work.
What failed on Slim?
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« on: July 15, 2016, 03:57:49 PM »
Yup, In the span of an hour or two, I managed to build this little guy.
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Under side:
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Built with four tools, a Buck Knife, a screw driver, a clamp, and my hands.
At this time being, it's not done yet, I need electronics and a radio.
Current progress was cutting the the base plate, mounting the motor, drilling some holes(Had to use my Buck knife, yuck  ), mounting the skid, and mounting the wheels. Not very professional, but it should work, once I get some electronics to get it to work.
Not sure what to call it, I was thinking of Anti-OxidANT, but it's a place holder so far.
What do you guys think of my shady job?
What is that chassis? Some sort of foam leftover box from a restaurant lid and bottom or something glued/screwed together? Please tell me! 
Also, I noticed that your avatar kind of looks like an LBX from that 3DS LBX game, R1885.
It was the bottom part of a dead DVD player I nicked from my Highschool. It was stupid soft and easily flexible(It really felt like plasticized construction paper), but it worked well for a first time test bed. I still have the gearbox, but I have no clue where the back plate went. The mech in my avatar is Godmars from the anime of the same name. The particular image used is from Super Robot Wars 2.2 on the PSP.
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« on: July 13, 2016, 07:15:49 PM »
TASTES LIKE SPAKLE WINS BY DOING PUSHUPS
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« on: July 13, 2016, 07:08:13 PM »
Some news, look what I got in the mail yesterday  :
https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/47181PIC00037.PNG
(Would of made this post yesterday, but the Img loader was borked.)
Got a chance to play around with it, pretty fun to play with, don't know if I will mod it for combat.
Dude, where did you get one of those?! I saw one on amazon for $200! Where did you get it, how much did you get it for, and how can I get it?! 
I got it in an eBay sale lot for about forty USD. They show up every so often over there, I'd recommend looking for a used one out the box(Unless you really want one in the box). Though, I would still recommend waiting for the new Battlebots toys on the horizon. Fun fact, I still have the box that it came in.
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« on: July 12, 2016, 08:52:58 PM »
NO BATTLEBOTS THIS WEEK
BLAME OBAMA
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« on: July 12, 2016, 03:12:19 PM »
By the way, its "spakle", not "sparkles".
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« on: July 12, 2016, 01:42:59 AM »
PREDICTIONS
Sealion Hammersmith: At least a contender for the top four
Five Ideal Verbal Efforts Son: Way too much going on, but still not a bad robot
Trikilla: No. Not feeling it. Probably not going to last long
Weaponized R.: Not that great, but it could be worse
Papyrus Bike: wut
Conundrum V6: Another strong contender. At least top four material
Tastes like spakle: What kind of idiot makes a bot like this? I hate him and his stupid nose >:C
Disappointment Trike: Decent in terms of weapons, but weakest in terms of drive. I dunno, 50-50 on this one
I'm not at all serious!: Probably be funnier if there wasn't two others that are worse
Late night Aberration: Another top four material bot. I would not be surprised if it took it all
Winners of the first round I predict:
Weaponized R.
Tastes like Spakle
Late Night Aberration
Sealion Hammersmith
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« on: June 27, 2016, 05:33:58 AM »
Now that I'm back to being a functional human being, I can finally give my thoughts on how things went down in COB.
I was intending to run a dumb fairy weight, named butt(lack of capitalization intentional), but I lost my 1.5mm drill bit last minute and decided it wasn't worth repeating Gatestop.
Hyper Speeder was rebuilt a month prior to the event. I wasn't happy with it, so using some spare green garolite from Inch-up, I made a new frame that was wider and longer than the original. I also scrapped the tall hinged flat panel wedge to a low static anti spinner plow, out of the same tough steel I've been using from day one. The result was one of the lowest, toughest bots among the ants, with what I thought the only downside being not being invertable. Oh how wrong I was.
The big weak point in the design were the hubs. On big, chunky foam wheels, the hubs are nearly untouchable on anything not spinning vertically. On a 1.5" diameter wheel, however, they became a massive liability, as they took the hits, and not the expendable foam. This became an immediate problem against Banana Splitter(On top of them starting the match upside down, rendering my strongest advantage moot), as the first hit pretty much busted the gearbox(As well as breaking the C-clip and turning the hub washer into a Pringle). After replacing the gearbox and hub, I went up against The Cuban. While things did start out in my favor, controlling him with the plow, he soon knocked the wheel off the shaft. Then he came in and struck the other wheel, and again busted the gearbox(As well as really turning the hub washer into a potato chip, though the new C-clip held on).
Status: Back to fully functional, but in limbo. I'm not sure how much I can do to fix the problem, other than adding wheel guards or making my own hubs, but that doesn't fix the crippling flaw of not being able to drive while inverted(Which, in a weight class dominated by drums, is a problem). I'm thinking of reusing the electronics as the foundation of a spinner, or to have it as a quick and easy backup bot to take the place of and/or cannibalize for parts if I decide to make Inch-Up my full time ant.
As Inch-Up entered competition as it is currently pictured, I'll just get into the one issue the thing had, the little things. The only bit of damage its first ever match it received was one screw coming loose and falling out. And yet that one screw was a critical deciding factor. In its final match, two wires came loose, and again, were the critical deciding factor.
The first fight Inch-Up had was last years third place winner and consistent Robogames podium finisher, EXP. As it turns out, EXP and Inch-Up are shaped just so, that any head on collision we had just ended up with both bots locked together, with Inch-Up oddly enough being able to match EXP in pushing power despite running a third less voltage and with half the motors available. So it became a game of who could get around who, with both being pretty much even. BUT, remember that screw I was talking about earlier? Well, that came out of my bearing block, and was preventing the bearing block from twisting under the torque of the motor. When it came loose and fell out, it meant that the bearing block could wiggle around more than it was supposed to, and that led one of the wheels getting stuck against the frame. That one screw coming out meant the battle went from "evenly matched" to "Skewed in EXP's favor". After that, Inch-Up tried to recover, but it was clear that EXP had the upper hand, and took the win.
The next match was against Passive Aggressive, an undercutter. Despite how scary it looked, their battery couldn't supply the juice the spinner motor needed and never spun up well. They were also running micro gear motors you would normally find in fairy weights. The small motors combined with a weapon that didn't work meant that Inch-Up pretty much bullied PA the entire match for the win.
Getting over the shock that I had finally had a machine with a win at this point, I was up against Original Robot do not Steel(Pun intended), a viper spinner kit. Anyone who has seen these in person knows that they are brutally powerful, but notoriously unreliable. They were running the original blade hub, which had already come off in their match prior(And in fact cost them), so Inch-Up's goal was clear. I didn't even bother using the lifter, just throwing my self into him until his spinner came off, and like clock-work, the hub came flying off(But not after breaking the linkage from my servo to my lifter, disabling my weapon). At that point, it was the same as the last match, and Inch-Up took another win(To be fair, ORDNS is a good bot, they just need to fix the hub coming off and I led them to the new spinner hubs. They also sliced a good quarter inch into the lifter arm and made me have to rebuild the lifter linkage, which I really shouldn't have even bother fixing).
And then I had to fight the Cuban AGAIN. Despite how Speeder tried and failed miserably, Inch-Up at least put up a few more hits against Cuban, and this time the gear boxes didn't break, so it wasn't doing too badly. And then the QD connectors happened. You see, when I got my shiny new SERVO magazine kit, the Tiny ESCs had the QD connectors pre-instaled. I meant to solder the wires on, but I never got around to it. Well, after three matches lasting two minutes each, and after some big hits against the previous robot, NOW they decide to just fall off and leave the motor high and dry. After that, The Cuban pretty much had its way with me, and managed to break the lifter AGAIN, only they did it more thoroughly and knock the servo out of the robot this time. Time ended before they got the chance to bust the servo open, but it was clear that Inch-Up was out. And this is why when I get the next chance, the wires are going to be soldered, and all future wires will be soldered from this point on.
Inch-Up's last fight was the rumble, with Original, Passive Aggressive, and Chainsaw, all undercutters. The match was one hell of a blur, the two things I remember was making ORDNS weapon coming off again, and Chainsaw getting a good hit on me, which shattered the brass hinges holding the lexan down, while also busting his weapon off.
Status: Electrically still working, and awaiting a new shell and lifter mechanism. The main upgrade for the next version is to make the lifter lie flush to the wedge when not in use, and to improve the lifter mechanism durability over all. Beyond that, the next course of action is an all titanium wedge and brushless drive, but right now the lifter is the major priority.
Let this be a lesson for any new guys getting in, its not the bit spectacular damage that gets you, its small details you don't give much attention too that can make or break a match. And above all else, make sure all your connections are TIGHT.
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« on: June 25, 2016, 09:43:12 PM »
Not bad! What event are you shooting for next?
Not sure, I'm going to start college in fall and its going to eat a ton of my time. I'm going to see if I can swing some of the Seattle events if I can.
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