A Fractured Stock Showcase

[infiniteinertia]

I'm guessing it is God awful, and I wonder why you even thought it was a good idea to showcase this bot because of it's complete un-usefulness.

Fixed.

[Badnik96]

Doesn't look that bad, I dunno how to fix it though (guy who hasn't played stock in months here)

[G.K.]

Are the RAD's on the baseplate?

[NFX]

I'm not sure about it being unstable, I'm more concerned that the plow and weapon-breaker will spin round and round uselessly as a result of the torque reaction of the HPZ spinning the weapons around. But this can easily be remedied by mouting the axle pointing forwards instead of upwards, you aren't using the rear-facing AP on the bottom extender for anything. =)

[Fracture]

WELL looks like this will be yet another one of my scrapped ideas.




It spazzes out when another bot so much as touches it not to mention that it starts with the axle rotated to a different position each time. n_n Stacking the axle mount inside the two RADs was damn hard, too.

Are the RAD's on the baseplate?

Yeah.

[Fracture]

I'll have to ask here since the Chatbox is dead...

For my juggler, should I:

a) Use rubbers with 10 Razors and 6 Maces (will be asymmetrical)
b) Use Shinies with 8 Maces and 8 Irons, or
c) Use Shinies with two ballasts and 20cm longer wedges?

[Wolfsbane]

this for ironbot?

[Fracture]

this for ironbot?

Yes...I shall build it now and use a time machine to submit it before everyone else even has a chance.

[Wolfsbane]

i'd say b, for duaribility

[090901]

Try all of them and see which one is best :P

[Scorpion]

Try all of them and see which one is best :P

But b is obviously best ;P

[Fracture]

First HW. Kill me now





Problem this time? The weapon motors make the Snapper IIs bounce around way too much and render half the drive near-useless. n_n

[NFX]

Sounds like AGOD to me. That tends to happen when you use maces on a FS like this. I have to say it's very impressively built, though. But Ironbot has a limit of 6 casters, unfortunately. But you will be able to upgrade to Rubber or even Slipperbottom wheels with the weight saved by dropping down to 6 casters.

[infiniteinertia]

Junk. You're gonna have to build them like heavyweights if you want to have at least decent bots. No wedge reach and I cannot even begin to explain how that weapon is supposed to work...and 6wd great application choice d00d.

[madman3]

Having a tiny-ass chassis does you no good on a juggler where it has to be stable.

6 wheel drive also sucks on the format because you have no plough, as your opponents will just go strait over you. Or get punted really randomly.
Isn't wide enough either and those extender meatshields won't last long. ext

[Fracture]

Well, if it's my first real HW I might as well start from the basics. Better?





A lot of wedge emphasis on this one. I wanted to have 2 ballasts (YOU HEARD ME) at the front as well, but no space for that even without the casters. Still not sure about plow placement, or if having the Snappers at the back will hurt the wedges. I went for wider-spaced spinners for better trapping, but at this point I'm beginning to wonder if they're too wide...

this for ironbot?

But Ironbot has a limit of 6 casters, unfortunately.

Guys I can't enter Ironbot. :P (though I'd like to)

[Naryar]

You will save weight by removing these snappers that hold the plow, and just use a simple anchor.

Also, I do believe you don't need that many casters.

[090901]

You will save weight by removing these snappers that hold the plow, and just use a simple anchor.

the snapper look like they hold the weapon motors too

[Naryar]

You will save weight by removing these snappers that hold the plow, and just use a simple anchor.

the snapper look like they hold thee weapon motors too

...Damn beer for lowering my attention.

[Scorpion]

Looking good, the thing i'd be worried about though is wedges getting caught underneath the gap beneath the weapons and the chassis?

How are the wedges though?