Sage's Showcase

[madman3]

That specific wedge setup might be responsible too. Looks like a good build technically but yeah I can imagine it causing practical problems.

[Mecha]

It looks awesome but i can see why it would have problems.

[Sage]

http://www.twitch.tv/breau_/

streaming some RA2. Thought it'd be fun to give it a try. building a bot for RA2 league

EDIT: okay done. apparently i chose a bad time to do it lol. posting the bot I built in a bit

[Sage]

Here's the stream recording if anyone wants to watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16r_rgogcDE&feature=youtu.be

And the bot:


I wanted to see if I could make a HS with 5 motors using bear claws. I spent most of my 5 hour car ride a few days ago mulling over different setups and math. Coulda used 2 HPz for drive but I couldn't make a chassis that was 18kg. Anyway, if you cant tell, the middle weapon motor is an HPztek, the rest are normal ztek. 2 blacks, 45 claws, DSA, 799.5. Watch the video for the setup.

[RedAce]

I like it.  You don't see a HS with five motors every day.  Is is any good in battle?

And Sage, shoutouts for having that beard is still growing strong. :P

[Sage]

[rnifnuf]

The chassis looks really neat. How did you do it?

[Virus Bomb]

why not just add a little chassis space behind the battery and put the green snapper there?

[Sage]

The chassis looks really neat. How did you do it?

Trovaner chassis glitch. You can look up the basics in my thread in the tutorials section.

why not just add a little chassis space behind the battery and put the green snapper there?

Because the entire point of the bot was to experiment with how to make wedges better. The idea was that if the rotation point of the wedge was farther back, all of the frontal weight would push down harder, create more force and outwedging everyone else.

[Virus Bomb]

Because the entire point of the bot was to experiment with how to make wedges better. The idea was that if the rotation point of the wedge was farther back, all of the frontal weight would push down harder, create more force and outwedging everyone else.

are the wedges any better than other single wedged bots?

[Sage]

Because the entire point of the bot was to experiment with how to make wedges better. The idea was that if the rotation point of the wedge was farther back, all of the frontal weight would push down harder, create more force and outwedging everyone else.

are the wedges any better than other single wedged bots?

From what I can tell they are much better. Going to try this on a duel wedge bot next.

[Sage]

3blacks DSA 795

Another day, another failed experiment. Was trying to see if vertical caster sides and a wedges middle would work, to be good against HS. Didn't really work. and the wedges blow. I'm wondering if wedges won't be good if you connect the extenders weird like I did... as if it puts the torque in a less than ideal angle. idk. looks hella cool tho

 

[Mr. AS]

Why do you have 3 blacks for 4 HPZs and 2 DDTs? 400 + 1000 = 1400, each black is 800, 2 blacks should be enough.

[Sage]

Why do you have 3 blacks for 4 HPZs and 2 DDTs? 400 + 1000 = 1400, each black is 800, 2 blacks should be enough.

Because, despite having enough power, overloading the amperage makes the DDTs more powerful. You can see this when trying to use the rupt glitch. At least that's what me and pyscolone thought was going on, could be wrong. Just a general rule I've always built by.

[Virus Bomb]

yeah popups with 3-4 blacks seem to be more powerful than those with 2.
about the wedges, i remember 123 saying that offsetting the wedges from the ap makes them worse

[Sage]

yeah popups with 3-4 blacks seem to be more powerful than those with 2.
about the wedges, i remember 123 saying that offsetting the wedges from the ap makes them worse

I feel like I knew this but convinced myself otherwise so that my bots could look better. alright attemtping making best popup ever round 3 lets go

[kill343gs]

i saw dragonfly and was like oh that looks pretty run of the mill, dont know why sa- oh. oh. ohhhhh. gotcha

[Sage]

One of the bots for RA2 League! (The other one is just Hanky Panky. Was too lazy to build 2)



Almost every HS I've ever built was to make it look nice, have a cool setup, minimize extender work, etc.

This time I wanted to optimize its battle effectiveness. The wide wheel base helps prevent havoks (at least from what I've seen) and improves turn speed. Bear claws are very good against other HS, and also are light-weight enough to add some more weapons. There are 6 maces, 6 irons, and 30 bear claws. The irons knock away popups, and the maces hit the top of popups that don't get knocked away.

799 DSA 2 blacks

[Pwnator]

ooooh that stack looks gooood

[Mystic2000]

This may actually make me stop thinking of 36HS as painfully annoying to build and get me to build some, good work