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Stock Showcases / Re: Inf. - The Rebirth

« on: February 19, 2013, 11:41:10 PM »

Pwn:

That is the main component of my current review&rebuild process. Maximize what I can simplify. Snapper loading/stacking is great and all, but not applications require it. Here you see maximum use of axle loading. As for the motor guards: that's kinda a new thing for me. I'm really happy I manufactured this specific setup for VF2. I tried at first to protect the disks better, but I couldn't work a proper setup. I settled. I'm not well known to be very defense oriented. Definitely an x-factor for my building going forward.

Sage: This edition is a lot better in terms of that 'rocking' effect you get in VSes. This one is a lot more stable, as the center of gravity is both closer to the ground and closer to the front of the bot. The wedges also rock....... And I'm so happy it looks inf-like

I thought I might never get my touch back

!!

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Real Robotics Discussion / Re: Motorama 2013 Video

« on: February 19, 2013, 11:13:21 PM »

aaaaaaaaahhhh another year passes and again I don't attend Motorama...even though I'm so close.......

watching through the whole 3lb class right now! Thanks Mike!

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Stock Showcases / Re: Inf. - The Rebirth

« on: February 19, 2013, 09:50:06 PM »

Here it is, final edition.

I give you my first complete build since my return :3 Vital Force II!

^^^new and improved setup

^^^insides

Tested it out against PYS AI (only one I can get to function properly -_-) and it handled everything mighty well, except for HSes. It does a more than satisfactory job against HSes however, especially for a 2WD VS. Really proud of this one! Chassis is a dope shape as well, I will be making a sweeeeeet skin for it soon! (sorry for the ugly one in the splash...)

Enjoy! More to come.

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Stock Showcases / Re: Inf. - The Rebirth

« on: February 19, 2013, 06:41:33 PM »

ya it's looking like it's it to the Y connectors, don't know why they make this bot so unstable in particular. I'm also going to probably go a disk size smaller and get the center of gravity closer to the ground.

meanwhile I cant post from my computer again

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Stock Showcases / Re: Inf. - The Rebirth

« on: February 19, 2013, 05:37:05 PM »

NOW I CAN'T POST ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!

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Stock Showcases / Re: A Fractured Stock Showcase

« on: February 19, 2013, 04:40:30 PM »

Just rofl'd at the Mad Dog way back there...looks exactly like Scrap's ol' one....

...REGARDLESS why you post Tribar tumbler Oo? Mehsawce.

Otherwise, everything else looks pretty decent. Definitely improved since I've been around.

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Stock Showcases / Re: Conraaa's Stock Showcase-Less Used Than A Condom Machine In The Vatican.

« on: February 19, 2013, 04:36:06 PM »

- Casters, - Axle, + RAD, = AW RPB??? Might be worth trying myself.......

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Stock Showcases / Re: Virus Bomb stock showcase

« on: February 19, 2013, 04:34:29 PM »

A lot of great bots as expected, but some disappointments as well. Gargoyle specifically is an eye pleaser, but an underperformer.

Thanks for the insight VB, shows how mightily far you have come over the last few years.

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Stock Showcases / Re: Venko's showcase

« on: February 19, 2013, 04:32:23 PM »

I've been waiting to post this for a few days but, welcome back venko! Great to have you around again

All the bots are awesome as expected. Some innovation going on, love it.

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Stock Showcases / Re: Inf. - The Rebirth

« on: February 19, 2013, 04:30:12 PM »

I think I finally fixed it...

But after testing I found out:

-Big disks = big targets
-Less than satisfactory stability (rocks forwards/back a bit)
-Very effective, can take out bots of all varieties

I also switched the wedges to those steel 140cm ones, so I have ~30kg left to spare now.

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Stock Showcases / Re: Inf. - The Rebirth

« on: February 19, 2013, 03:51:57 PM »

Here's an update with what I've been doin'

A rebuild of one of my HW VSes, Vital Force. This will be Vital Force II.

Got just about 20kg left, looking for some helpful insight with suggested tweaks, additions, etc. Bot itself is pretty close to a finished product. Only thing it really has trouble with is stability from the rear, which I tried to address with the bracket wedge. Thoughts?

Also, can somebody PLEASE help me fix my "session error" issue? It is annoying that I can only post to the forum from my mobile device. Nothing that anybody suggested has mitigated the problem. *cough* *maybe Trov* *anybody*

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