Boby's I Hate Stock Showcase

[Squirrel_Monkey]

1. Front armour
2. WTF is that chassis layout. The back bit is just the CB and 2 anchors?
3. Probably don't need 6WD. Especially with only 2 blacks.

[Fracture]

I still hate stock. This took hours.
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790kg DSA
12 razors
2 blacks

How do I spend more hours on it to improve it.

Don't waste too much time on the chassis for HWs! Those 10-20 kg saved won't be doing much unless you have something specifically needed which is usually for the final version

Looks pretty good; this is just my personal taste but I don't like the blue snapper wedges or the upward-firing DDTs. Don't know if the 6WD is part of the bot's identity, but as S_M said 4WD would be the more standard choice. The plows don't seem to be doing much since they don't even cover the wheels, but at this point a chassis rebuild would help a lot. If you want to snapper load, the back setup could be done with one blue snapper and a T-connector; otherwise you could at least mount the plows using the rear attachment point of the blue snapper rather than using chassis space for baseplate anchors. Again, frontal armour in exchange for weapons or drive would be good

[Mr. AS]

nah weather it's 4WD or 6WD is mostly inconsequential on a HW popup. The main difference here is that he'll have less weaponry. Ditch the side plows though unless you plan on moving them further forward like so.

The main thing you need to focus on with popups is size. No, not making it smaller. You need to make the chassis as large as you can and as shallow as you can. Basically you want to have a chassis something like this:

Don't worry about having your chassis exposed when you do this, since chassis HP scales with size. Larger chassis means you'll be able to use upward snapping burst motors easier, and they'll act as a srimech.

Right now you have 1600 output from the 2 black batteries, and the 3 DDTs are using 1500 of that 1600. Since spin motors are 100 each, 2 DDTs and 6 HPZ are 1600 exactly. I'd use either that or 3 snapper2's. Battery stats are located here.

[Bobyasianboy]

Right now you have 1600 output from the 2 black batteries, and the 3 DDTs are using 1500 of that 1600[/url].

On the site you linked it says that DDTs use 312.5 input, instead of the 500 it says on the notepad, which makes the bot use 1550 or so of the 1600. Would it still be best to use 2 DDTs and use the weight for weapons or stick with 3 since it's under the max output?

Thanks for all the advice though guys, I appreciate it

[Fracture]

I would do 2 DDTs, but it's a design choice. 3 of them do draw only 937.5 in total so the battery power is sufficient, though I can't speak on whether it will provide full power for more than 60 seconds or so.

I hesitate to tell you to switch to 2 DDTs and 4WD because it will end up looking like every other HW popup. It's about uniqueness vs. (proven) effectiveness

[Naryar]

would probably be lighter if you'd just use anchors and, if you need them, extenders. also not sure you need those plows.

with 6WD it must overturn like crazy, so probably.

[Gauche Suede]

The extender setup for the drive is really inefficient as you only need 2 extenders/snapper arm to attach the drive.

[Bobyasianboy]

For redace's tournament

383kg, DSA
6 razors

What do

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What do

don't enter a popup

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don't enter a popup

and try to get the flat side of the ztek parallel to the ground

[Gauche Suede]

Throw a pink somewhere and extend the wedges.