You got my vote for RA2 Wizard. Always and forever.
Actually, you don't need such long arms for the popup. You want to try to have the center of gravity somewhere near the front, to keep the wedges effective.As for the question about VSes, well that depends on what kind of VS you're trying to build. There are VSes which have small weapon radii to continuously gut-rip undersides, and there are VS which have large weapon radii (like Heaven's Sawmill) to throw bots OOTA. VSes tend to have wedges to feed bots to the spinners, and Heaven's Sawmill just extended that connection using plows. It also doubled its flinging power by chaining motors. As you can see it only has 2 discs while having 4 motors, but that means one disc can be powered by 2 motors. But that also means that it will have a longer spinup time, but it's all worth it when you see bots flying away. Also, probably the most important aspect that you should take in mind when building VSes is stability. Which is why a lot of VSes tend to have a wide stance. :D
Why can everybody learn to stack batteries?
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Quote from: Rolo on February 20, 2010, 10:17:48 AMWhy can everybody learn to stack batteries?Because we are good. :P
Quote from: Reier on February 20, 2010, 10:46:35 AMQuote from: Rolo on February 20, 2010, 10:17:48 AMWhy can everybody learn to stack batteries?Because we are good. :PBecause they are teens on the internet. They have the time to stack 4 black together, we are busy with lives and sh**.
The point of making a 36 HS is that you figure it out yourself to prove your skills. The rules are also fairly strict:1. 36 weapons that weight 10 kgs each, ex. Iron Spikes and Maces. (You can, if you have the weight, add a frontal weapon for protection)2. These 36 weapons will be on 4 tribars that are on 4 HP-Zteks.3. The drive will be 2 HP-Zteks, usually with shiny hub wheels on them.4. The power will be 2 Black Batteries.5. This is optional, but you will get much more respect if you can make it invertible as well.That said, I have built a lot of them and will you give you a few tips:1. Pretty much the only way is to use two blue Snapper II's. There are two workable designs that use 2 servos and a few with one snapper II... but i already made those :P2. You should learn snapper loading before you attempt this. (Look in my signature for a tutorial.)3. There are many, many ways to do a setup for this type of bot (which is why they are fun to build) but it's becoming hard to come up with new ones as of late. I would suggest looking at other peoples versions and copying the design. After you make your first it's easier to design a new setup.4. Come up with the setup in your head or on paper before even attempting it in game. This will usually help. The weight of the stuff is 762-766 kgs (depending on if you use 2 20cms or 4 20cms for your setup) or 774 (if you choose granny guard wheels instead of shiny hubs) so your chassis will have to be fairly small. The breakdown for the components is here:360= Weapons120= Weapon Motors60= Drive Motors60= Batteries56= Tribars48= Extenders for weapons26= Snapper II's24= Wheels (Shiny Hubs) OR 36= Granny Guard Wheels4-8= Extenders for setup4= Control Board