Mortis unmasked

[Resetti's Replicas]

We finally got a picture of Mortis' insides, which is a big deal because they never explained how they got the tanto blade to fire so fast. ("I'd tell you but I'd have to kill you" was on the team's website.)  So here's the picture, it looks like just a basic clutch mechanism, but I'm not really the authority on these thing, maybe someone else can explain it better:

[russian roulette]

Does it still work?

[Resetti's Replicas]

It has the potential to work again, but the builders took out all the electronics and motors before they sold it.  Team S-Tec is working on restoring it for demonstration; it's way too outdated to fight competitively.

[SKBT]

Looks to me like a rack and pinion with a cam drive or crankshaft pulling a linkage that has a rack on it which would swing the axe. Seeing the insides and lack of intricate machining really makes me wonder where they spent all their money...

[Resetti's Replicas]

That one I can answer - the bulk of it was invested in their aircraft-grade titanium armour.  And there was probably more stuff in htere, what you see is just the electronics that Team S-Tec were able to replace as of that photo.

[GoldenFox93]

That's not Mortis. It's RigorMortis- a similar robot Random Violence Technologies originally planned to enter Battlebots with, under the name of Maelstrom.
 
Mortis itself does appear in the picture, though- you can see its front (notice the lifting arm) behind RigorMortis.

[Resetti's Replicas]

But the same top secret tanto system, right?

[GoldenFox93]

But the same top secret tanto system, right?

Probably.

[MikeNCR]

We finally got a picture of Mortis' insides, which is a big deal because they never explained how they got the tanto blade to fire so fast. ("I'd tell you but I'd have to kill you" was on the team's website.)  So here's the picture, it looks like just a basic clutch mechanism, but I'm not really the authority on these thing, maybe someone else can explain it better:

Looks like it may work something like the system Team Hurtz used in beta-

[haz]

moris is for sale btw.

[GoldenFox93]

moris is for sale btw.

Again?

[haz]

yep, and now it has been sold

[GoldenFox93]

yep, and now it has been sold

Who to, this time?

[Enigm@]

moris is for sale btw.

who's moris ?

[GoldenFox93]

moris is for sale btw.

who's moris ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_dance
There's your answer 

[Tweedy]

yep, and now it has been sold

Who to, this time?

I think it was sold to kane aston the owner and builder of Behemoth
edit: SMIDSY is for sale too

[GoldenFox93]

yep, and now it has been sold

Who to, this time?

I think it was sold to kane aston the owner and builder of Behemoth
edit: SMIDSY is for sale too

Ah, OK- quite ironic, considering that Behemoth pitted Mortis in the First World Championship way back in Series 3, but it's good to see it's going to a great team   

[Velocity EVO]

yep, and now it has been sold

Who to, this time?

I think it was sold to kane aston the owner and builder of Behemoth
edit: SMIDSY is for sale too

Me and the current SMIDSY owner are on the same team, the Robot Avengers. Though sometimes, I question why he sells his bots about 2 months after getting them.

[Tweedy]

yep, and now it has been sold

Who to, this time?

I think it was sold to kane aston the owner and builder of Behemoth
edit: SMIDSY is for sale too

Me and the current SMIDSY owner are on the same team, the Robot Avengers. Though sometimes, I question why he sells his bots about 2 months after getting them.

I always wondered that too

[Enigm@]

i'm going to get a pet tortoise and name it mortis

also smidsy was cool