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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #40 on: September 09, 2014, 08:56:07 PM »
Just use two BA's so you don't have to deal with that absolute clusterfug of an extender setup  :rage

There are two: one's holding up the ramplate, and one's holding up everything else.

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #41 on: September 10, 2014, 10:39:22 AM »
You know what? Apart from the fact the wedges are most likely going to be bad, I like the look of that bot.
Put this onto your signature if you were part of this crappy fad in '03.

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #42 on: September 10, 2014, 02:12:00 PM »
Wedges are decent, it can get under some stuff, I haven't really taken the time to attempt to fine tune them though.

Thanks!  I think I'm gonna put up a new design soon, I've basked in the glory of this one for long enough.

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #43 on: September 10, 2014, 10:25:32 PM »
Double post FTW.

Here's Zaww:



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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #44 on: September 17, 2014, 03:04:38 PM »
Alright, so Zaww was less than stellar in performance.  I built this one today:



It's not good either.

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #45 on: September 17, 2014, 09:16:16 PM »
That whole plow setup would work better if you just used a base plate anchor instead of a servo. That will make it wider and you can have more of a v shape to catch bots better.

The hammer looks a little short too.

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #46 on: September 17, 2014, 10:00:43 PM »
I was having trouble getting the plates to jam into each other when they were on a baseplate anchor.  Is there any specific method I should be using?

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #47 on: September 18, 2014, 03:03:43 AM »
Your extender work is awful, to be honest. Work on it so you have LESS extender weight.

I'm quite sure you can divide that weight by three.

Maybe make a V-rack with these plows and keep them static.

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #48 on: September 18, 2014, 10:11:18 AM »
I tried:



CHANGES:

-Changed which side of robot is the front
-Hammer is slightly longer (I could make it even longer, if that would be a good idea.)
-Redid extender work for plows and motors.

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #49 on: September 18, 2014, 11:28:40 AM »
this extender work needs some improvement.

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #50 on: September 23, 2014, 07:37:32 PM »
Babby's first HS:



Unfortunately, it somehow broke itself:



I tried doing a battle with it and it's completely uncontrollable.

this extender work needs some improvement.

How do you suggest I do so?

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #51 on: September 30, 2014, 08:02:28 PM »
My latest creation, Planet Uppercut:



It can beat antweights.  Struggles a bit with beetleweights, though.

EDIT:

Slight up(percut)date:



Extended the extenders and rotated the fists around to defend the extenders a bit more.  It seems to fare a bit better.
« Last Edit: October 01, 2014, 02:39:45 PM by Thrackerzod »

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #52 on: October 02, 2014, 09:27:37 PM »
for vertical spinners its usually good to use a tribar, or even better a small disk. Iron spikes or maces would work better as weapons too, because you can have more of them.

instead of the sloped ram plates try to just use a wedge shaped chassis. That should save weight

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #53 on: October 02, 2014, 09:36:49 PM »
It's for the fist tournament, so the fists are a necessary evil.

I'll see what I can do with the wedge, though.  Maybe I'll be able to save enough weight to achieve a trifecta of uppercuts.

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #54 on: October 03, 2014, 01:15:59 PM »
this extender work needs some serious improvement. do a sloped chassis for this design anyways.


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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #55 on: October 11, 2014, 11:17:29 AM »


Planet Uppercut 2: now with 50% more fist.

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #56 on: December 10, 2014, 06:55:07 PM »
New thing!

Me first attempt at a SHW:



Things what need fixin:
-Moar weapon
-Better weapon attachment (so they all hit at once)
-Less wasted space

Next version, I'll get rid of one of the batteries; it ended up having less motors than I was anticipating.

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #57 on: December 10, 2014, 07:26:02 PM »
You should do 8 weapons/4 motors with that setup. It'd probably be better.

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #58 on: December 11, 2014, 03:43:26 AM »
you need to cleanup more your extender setup.

weapon setup i would put 1 iron where the icepick is and 2 maces where the irons are. eFFe them.

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Re: Thrackerbots
« Reply #59 on: December 11, 2014, 08:12:33 PM »
2.0:



I redid the weapons and got rid of a battery.  I was too lazy to reshape the chassis, though, probably should have done that.  This version works much better, actually having enough weapons to inflict some damage.