Armour

Bouncy_Bot · Post by **Bouncy_Bot** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:30 pm

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paul · Post by **paul** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:32 pm

nick, just a thought. im not sure your allowed that sig since some people use dialup and it could take them ages to load. it doesnt affect me ive got 8mb/sec broadband =) but yer, im sure it would be apreasiated ifyou had smaller or non atal. thanks.

Adam Hargreaves · Post by **Adam Hargreaves** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:35 pm

I am gonna be stirring such a large can of worms here. Is a cast aluminium body allowed? I'll be fixing it to a separate base plate obv...

Post by **BeligerAnt** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:01 pm

No!

That was the one thing that everyone agreed should be expressly forbidden by the tortuous and slightly incomprehensible metal armour rules!

I think it was about the only thing about metal armour that was (more or less) unanimously agreed on!

BTW, why cast an ali' body? Remember it can only be 1mm thick so you've got *lots* of machining to do to get it the right thickness... better off just CNC milling it out of a solid block

(Then again, that's still not allowed!).

For one-piece moulded bodies, I think you're better off with composites and Ti skirts like DBA and RONNY. OK, so RONNY's only CF at the moment, but I have got as far as making the new pattern for the Kevlar/Ti body, just don't get time to make much progress on it...

Simon Windisch · Post by **Simon Windisch** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:14 pm

Well, if you called the body a weapon... only joking, I think the answer is no.

Simon

Adam Hargreaves · Post by **Adam Hargreaves** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 7:43 am

just checking. never understood that stupid rule... tbh, the rules don't take into account Autonomous Trainer bots (which the shell would be for) and seeing as how it's a specialist thing... Vac forming ABS is another option...

Post by **BeligerAnt** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:18 pm

Adam, you're right - if it's not competing the rules don't apply. It would probably be a good idea to make the ATB "indestructible" as a feature. After all, you wouldn't want to have to rebuild it after every practice session!

Injection-moulded polypropylene would be good ... might be a problem with the tens of ?1000's tooling cost though... Vac-formed ABS sounds like a good practical solution. Wouldn't mind seeing a one-piece brushed/polished metal body, though - kinda DeLorean style...

Adam Hargreaves · Post by **Adam Hargreaves** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:08 pm

well, depending on weight, I'll be entering it in AWS19, but even if it's over, I'll bring it. Mr Y says I can make both shells, so I can just swap em. Gives even more customisability to th thing

Rhys · Post by **Rhys** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:20 pm

Does anyone have an idea for some quick and easy armour? I've ordered some polycarb and CF from sozbots, but 3 weeks later and no sign of it. I need a backup for AWS18 just incase. I would normally get some polycarb, but technobots want to charge me ?6 delivery for a 240x240 sheet.

Craig_Anto3 · Post by **Craig_Anto3** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:07 pm

is it possible to do it on the day i have loads

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Armour

Metal armour. uh oh....