my build diarys

[G.K.]

Waste of weight.

[Thyrus]

I was thinking of Roobarb :D
DeoDorAnt made me laught

and I LOVE the body of your new bot. Is this going to be a HW?

[GoldenFox93]

Waste of weight.

Not if used for practical reasons, though- static spikes on the sides could prevent immobilisation by flipping on the side, much like those plastic ones Chaos 2 had.

[Thyrus]

or something like X-Terminator but I doubt it needs those

[haz]

it does have two linac powered selfrighting arms (thats why there are holes on the side) which are 20mm polycarbanate
it is a heavyweight(100kg, curantly 43kg)

[Thyrus]

HW! like it even more.
and by the way: I`m your biggest fan from germany :P

this will be GTMs first HW IIRC

[GoldenFox93]

it does have two linac powered selfrighting arms (thats why there are holes on the side) which are 20mm polycarbanate
it is a heavyweight(100kg, curantly 43kg)

Ah, OK. Judging by its wide, flat sides, I figured it would've needed something like those.

[GoldenFox93]

this will be GTMs first HW IIRC

Funny you should mention that, I've been making plans to build one meself.

[haz]

cool, man build one!! if you have a spare £600, if not build a feather, i will stil fight you!!

[Thyrus]

can`t wait to see it finished

[GoldenFox93]

cool, man build one!! if you have a spare £600, if not build a feather, i will stil fight you!!

Sounds like a plan. Anyway, I'll take you through my ideas. The idea is to build a HW Robot around one of these-
http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/MAG-BKT220.html
4-wheel drive Heavyweight bases, from Team Nightmare.
 
From there, I plan to build a box-wedge shaped design, its top being predominantly made out of industrial-grade Perspex(for weight, good degree of protection, and to simultaneously showcase the inside mechanics, thereby impressing audience members and making the prospect of engineering cool to them again, just like how the original RW did), with a bulletproof drivetrain and a lower frame made out of a lightweight, but tough metal.
 
From there, I plan to give it two weapons- the first being an electric-driven axe (with its own seperate power source) with a heavy bladed tip (theoratically capable of striking three times a second, and causing actual damage to opposition), and next to it, a flipping arm driven by low-pressure CO2, capable of self-righting the robot if flipped, and lifting good degrees of weight.
With this, even though not being as powerful as a standard high-pressure system, it should be capable of utilising more lifts, whilst still maintaining strong enough power to throw opponents around...possibly out of the arena itself!

[Thyrus]

almost 1000 Dollar? :O
I want to build a bot too. Somehow the design I used on Cannibal. But this is so extreme expensive. might just build a raptor version of it.

[GoldenFox93]

almost 1000 Dollar? :O
I want to build a bot too. Somehow the design I used on Cannibal. But this is so extreme expensive. might just build a raptor version of it.

That's about £600 in UK money.

[haz]

don't bother with those kits, money can be better spent!
video time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGyGo7wGDV8&feature=channel_video_title#

[GoldenFox93]

don't bother with those kits, money can be better spent!

Suppose you have a point- although admittedly, the idea of having a bulletproof drivetrain and high-powered 4-wheel drive appealed to me.

[haz]

no such thing as bulletproof mate
3 bosch 750s £270-ish
wotty360 £360
chains, sprockets, £50
wheels £10 each  so £50 (4+1 spare)
20mm hdpe -£100 at most
steel rods for frame £peanuts

[GoldenFox93]

no such thing as bulletproof mate
3 bosch 750s £270-ish
wotty360 £360
chains, sprockets, £50
wheels £10 each  so £50 (4+1 spare)
20mm hdpe -£100 at most
steel rods for frame £peanuts

OK then...so I'll just need to scrape together some funds, and hopefully I can begin- is an electric-powered axe a good idea, though?

[MikeNCR]

cool, man build one!! if you have a spare £600, if not build a feather, i will stil fight you!!

Sounds like a plan. Anyway, I'll take you through my ideas. The idea is to build a HW Robot around one of these-
http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/MAG-BKT220.html
4-wheel drive Heavyweight bases, from Team Nightmare.
 
From there, I plan to build a box-wedge shaped design, its top being predominantly made out of industrial-grade Perspex(for weight, good degree of protection, and to simultaneously showcase the inside mechanics, thereby impressing audience members and making the prospect of engineering cool to them again, just like how the original RW did), with a bulletproof drivetrain and a lower frame made out of a lightweight, but tough metal.
 
From there, I plan to give it two weapons- the first being an electric-driven axe (with its own seperate power source) with a heavy bladed tip (theoratically capable of striking three times a second, and causing actual damage to opposition), and next to it, a flipping arm driven by low-pressure CO2, capable of self-righting the robot if flipped, and lifting good degrees of weight.
With this, even though not being as powerful as a standard high-pressure system, it should be capable of utilising more lifts, whilst still maintaining strong enough power to throw opponents around...possibly out of the arena itself!

FYI, the battlekits are actually from the Biohazard team, they just sell through the RMP.

[haz]

good.

if you can do it well.
the new scorpion isn't that efective, but maybe if you use a setup like jack orr's feather weight, pure evil  i may be better

[GoldenFox93]

good.

if you can do it well.
the new scorpion isn't that efective, but maybe if you use a setup like jack orr's feather weight, pure evil  i may be better

That's alright to here- I mainly based the idea of one, along with a bladed tip that could do actual damage on Mortis, one of the old greats.
 
And Mike...what do you think of the kits?