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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #100 on: July 19, 2013, 01:21:15 AM »
Oh I'll be doing some banging.......

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #101 on: July 19, 2013, 08:12:45 PM »
After a brief scare in which one of the ESCs stopped working (thank God we got it to work), we'll be leaving way early tomorrow for Bot Blast. Wish me luck!

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #102 on: July 20, 2013, 11:31:52 PM »
Back...

-Got third place and the best driver award. Didn't think I'd do as well as I did.

-Downside is that the bot doesn't work anymore. Ripto killed it in the loser bracket final. All it needs is some new motors and it can drive, but most of the armor is toast.

-Lost my first fight to Guildenstern. He ate one of my Spark gearboxes, but the guy that drove it lent me a new one, and that was awesome. Beat Glorified Doorstop, Weed Wacker, TTI Wedge, Dust Pandemonium and a rematch against Guildenstern before losing to Ripto.

-Baby Weed Wacker won FW, DDT won AW, Mondo Bizarro won BW and Threecoil won Mantis. More details will be up after I get some sleep.

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #103 on: July 20, 2013, 11:39:05 PM »
Nice job, congrats. Hoping some good video comes out of the event. It sounds like there were some good matches.

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #104 on: July 20, 2013, 11:50:45 PM »
There were definitely some good fights. I think most of the fights should be up on Zipdragon's channel soon.

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #105 on: July 21, 2013, 12:16:14 AM »
Upload fights plez?
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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #106 on: July 21, 2013, 12:18:18 AM »

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #107 on: July 21, 2013, 12:59:05 AM »
Congrats on getting third place for your first event.

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #108 on: July 21, 2013, 03:02:26 AM »
3rd place and best driver? That is a very nice haul for your first event. Well done.

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #109 on: July 21, 2013, 09:30:48 AM »
Alright, here's how I did.

First match was up against Guildenstern, who I was really darn scared of. I managed to get under early and drive him around, but eventually I got flipped. I thought I was a goner, but FireArrow surprised me-I was able to torque-react my bot upright again. Unfortunately, I lost a wheel late into the match, then Guildenstern hit it in the back corner, sending it upside-down and driveless. So I got counted out.

Thought I was a goner at this point, that last hit knocked out one of the two Spark motors we had, and we didn't have spares. However, the guy that beat me offered a replacement Spark so I could get back into the game, which was awesome of him. We were able to get FireArrow fixed up and everything before the lunch break.

Next match was against A Glorified Doorstop, a neat little wedge bot with a drum. It was having some left over drive issues from its first match, so it was pretty easy for me to scoop it up and drive it around. The only damage it did was some scratched paint. I won an easy decision.

Weed Wacker was next, and the guy driving it used his 20-minute postponement to get it ready. Unfortunately, he never got the weapon working, so it became a really easy fight for me. There really wasn't anything he could do.

TTI Wedge was my next opponent, driven by the same guy who made Guildenstern. I wanted revenge, and I got some. I was able to get under early and often, never letting him drive me around. So, I won another easy decision.

Next up was Dust Pandemonium. I think this was the closest match I had all day. I was able to get under, but he also was able to get under me. A couple times in the match he was able to get under me and grind, and I thought that would give him the decision. Not so, as I won another decision.

My rematch with Guildenstern was up next, and I was really darn scared after last time. However, he had radio issues early on and almost got counted out before the fight started. Once he got it together, I was able to keep from getting flipped, and the most damage I took was a large chunk of the front wedge. I won what had to be a really close decision.

Next was the loser bracket final against Ripto. My wheels were toast after the last fight, and my only spares had been chunked apart by Guildenstern in the first fight. I still fought really well, not letting him get any hits on me until the last minute of the fight. His first hit bent the axle on the replacement Spark, and I couldn't drive with it anymore. I was still in the game though, and I was able to keep him from hitting me again until there were about 30 seconds left. This hit actually cut the rear panel in half and flipped me upside down. Not wanting to lose any electronics, I tapped out. Postfight inspection showed that he actually bent the gearbox, so I barely had drive on that side.

I was actually surprised to get the Best Driver award at the end. I didn't know I was that good :P

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #110 on: July 21, 2013, 10:59:17 AM »
http://imgur.com/a/i2k6b#0

Pictures and stuff

Plans for the next version of FireArrow include wheel guards and a stronger wedge.

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #111 on: July 21, 2013, 01:01:46 PM »
oh yeah one more thing

I've never seen a good robot from a rookie whose never been to a competition

Do I win?

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #112 on: July 21, 2013, 01:37:42 PM »
Plans for the next version of FireArrow include wheel guards and a stronger wedge.





Why don't you just grind the burs off and keep using this? It looks like it held up pretty well to me.

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #113 on: July 21, 2013, 01:39:37 PM »
That was after the first fight... It's missing chunks of it now.

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #114 on: July 21, 2013, 01:43:16 PM »
I saw the later picture, but unless that picture isn't what it ended up like after all was said and done, it still looked like it held up decently.

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #115 on: July 21, 2013, 01:53:54 PM »
well this is what it looks like now:


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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #116 on: July 21, 2013, 02:48:52 PM »
Still held up fairly well, even if that one is pretty much toast.

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #117 on: July 21, 2013, 03:06:41 PM »
yeah but it'll get annoying to have to cut+bend a new wedge for every single event. A steel wedge should get me through a few competitions.

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #118 on: July 21, 2013, 03:10:07 PM »
yeah but it'll get annoying to have to cut+bend a new wedge for every single event. A steel wedge should get me through a few competitions.

Agreed, but I wouldn't get anything too much thicker or i fear you'll begin having problems with movement, since the wedge sits directly on the floor. More weight and more surface on the floor means more friction, making it harder for it to move.

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Re: Team Ignition
« Reply #119 on: July 21, 2013, 03:32:51 PM »
True. The plan right now is to go for the same thickness, just with a stronger material.

got one of the Sparks that got damaged against Ripto working again, but the one with the bent shaft looks dead. Might just be the ESC acting up again, I'm still fiddling with it.