I would like to say that I will accept bots like this, restriction free: http://www.teamwhyachi.com/whynot.htm NOTE: Its a Full body spinner, NOT a SnS.
Irons, but their heavy. Four Razors is heavy for a DDT, thats about two irons for DDT. SurgicalStrike (Also a pop-up of mine) and this bot are built to maximize a damage to surface ratio. You can find a video of Surgic
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For one, having two baseplate anchors in the front of your chassis with plows attached to them adds (in this case) 44 kgs. Weight attached to the chassis will dramatically increase wedge effectiveness... which is why bots with castor fronts have such good wedges most of the time.
I took that into account, and left the baseplate anchors on Bot B. Both bots weigh the same in the front.
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The second thing is that the plows are not exactly in the same place.
I'm not sure if it matters.
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Perhaps try a test with weight on the wedges and no weight on the wedges, see what gets under what. even then, it might not be fair.
I decided to do some necromancy and bring the thread from the grave. And for one of the most discussed topics in RA2, what makes a good wedge? Clicks tested for pressure, but I want to test this, does wedges extenders as a anchor for armor make it more wedgey? To test this, I made two identical bots: Bot A has its snow plows on base plate anchors.
Bot B has its snow plows on its wedge extenders.
Like Click, I used the Small arena for testing, this is how the first match went: The results were overwhelming. Bot A got under Bot B 100% of the time. There is some cases were its uncertain who got under who, Bot A clearly got under bot B a majority of the matches. The lesson is clear, use wedge extenders as armor mounts, and your wedges will suffer. Myth Busted.
Pop up. I can tell you too, I am also a major gut ripper builder. Pop ups need a few things: Ample power (No under powering) Good wedges (Burst are the best, but for space door hinges work too) Burst motors for weapons, I use Mag snappers Speed, lots of it Frontal armor is not required but helps.
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