ok well what do you suggest?
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A design that focuses on being reliable, easy to learn to drive and something that will be entertaining (lifters/flippers/axes/hammers)...


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Some cool design that arn't spinner based...


Flipper

Lifter

Clamper/Lifter
http://buildersdb.com/botpics/3620.jpg (was too large for the page)
Lifter


These 4 designs are moderately simple, which helps maintain the reliability factor. Just a few idea for you to consider...
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Last edited by Knightrous on Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:05 pm; edited 2 times in total

ok well how bout i start out with just making a wedge and i'll move onto my bar spinner after a bit of experience. so first i need to find out where your guide to making a drive system out of drill motors went. I swear it was there on the homepage under the guides section and now it's disappeared!
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http://www.robowars.org/wikka/DrillHacking101


You will never get us all to agree on a bot design, that’s one of the fun aspects of the sport, everyone has different ideas priorities, building methods and parts to prejudice them.
Some wont to smash things others wont to win without inflicting damage. Just do it your way.
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Last edited by Rotwang on Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:06 pm; edited 1 time in total

aaah thanks mate. appreciate it. Ok so basically my new design is a wedge. everyone knows what that looks like? good so i now i don't need to draw it. I'll go back to my other idea once i'm established
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You mean a simple wedge like this?


At least with a wedge, they are pretty damn simple and heaps reliable...

EDIT:

Another cool design brought to my attention by Anguz... Fairly simple, but cool!

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yeah well i might put like a saw or something on if i get time but for now it's a wedge. I might stick a bar on the top if i have some spare cash and some spare time. Ok design discussion CLOSED. No more tips telling me what to do for design now. There's too many already! I'll post more once construction begins!

EDIT: Here's the basic shape i'm goin to use for my wedge/flipper bot.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p149/TeamBlazingFalcon/isoveiw.jpg
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Last edited by Tomo on Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:30 pm; edited 1 time in total

can you keep you picture postings down to 600 pixels wide please. If you need higher res than that, then link to it, but dont use the img tag.

Higher than that messes up the forum formatting on lower res machines.

Thanks
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Last edited by Spockie-Tech on Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:39 pm; edited 1 time in total

yep will change em now. sorry bout that.
(sets about changing size of images and then waits around while the loong process of uploading them to photobucket completes)
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OK there they're all linked rather than just showed there because when i shrank them all and reposted them they all just showed up just as big! Oh well it's all done anyway
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Might wana add a self righting arm of some sort for when you flip over. It sucks loosing on your back!

yeah that's just common sense. one question though TDT how low is that wedge if you could say? and how smooth is the floor of the arena? because a wadge is no use if it can't get under the other bot and if the floors uneven then i don't how low i can make it without getting stuck.
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You would be surprised at the lack of common sense that gets demonstrated by the group of smartest people that I know . After you attend an event or 20 this will become very obvious to you.

yeah fair enough
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Schmackhed's wedge shaves the floor... It shaved a lot of traction paint off the RoboWars arena
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