The Blender IS Alive!!! (The Battle of the Kitchen Apliances)

Yeah, it's more likely than not that a powerful drum would throw Blender around if it was using the larger blade.

Matt and senai are both wrong. This thing has no gravity defying ability. They are disinformation specialists. Leave is be you two....

haha so i guess you're accelerating counter-clockwise so you get lift as you spin up? right hand rule?

RHR only applies according to shape for airfoils. So if it does generate lift (or downforce), it's accidental and probably only a trivial amount.

the angular acceleration is what creates the force I'm talking about - but yes it is quite small

They just discovered the secrets behind the graviton

LOL, if anyone figured out the secrets of the graviton, it'd have to be SpiderPig. At the very least, the wedge fights will be a hilarious exercise in futility for most of their opponents.

i cannot wait to see a HUGE (double shift haha) hit on spiderpig to see what happens

Cody Harris wrote:

i cannot wait to see a HUGE (double shift haha) hit on spiderpig to see what happens

Same here. I'm thinking one of two things (in the case of a shell spinner):

1. The spinner ricochets off like an air-hockey puck, much like it would if it hit the wall of the arena, eventually coming to a stop after either crossing the arena or bouncing off of the lower wall (the steel part). SpiderPig is pushed either several inches or a foot & temporarily looses vacuum, as well as gains an awesome looking dent in its steel shell (which is still shallow compared to the armor's thickness). Repeated hits may result in either:
A. loss of a hardened steel or titanium tooth, or worst case a failure of the shell axle/bearing/the shell itself.
B. batteries or electronics coming loose inside the spinner due to acceleration/deceleration
C. nothing but a lot of sparks and an awesome show. (most likely result)
D. horrible luck resulting in the spinner becoming propped up on the arena wall or inverted, unable to move after a particularly severe bounce.

2. SpiderPig is hit hard enough to loose vacuum and is thrown several feet, while the other robot travels a slightly further distance. In this scenario, the gash in SpiderPig's armor is more noticeable, and depending on the location may cause minor buckling in the aluminum chassis. However, repeated hits of this type are non-fatal to SpiderPig, unless:
A. several of the drive shafts are somehow drastically bent.
B. the steel armor is somehow torn from the robot.

i didnt see either, and havent seen cuddlebunny compete
but i dont have the most faith in the vacuum seals, i dont think its gonna always hold
annnnndddd the KE energy has to go somewhere while some is gonna go to the opponet but its like when you hit a concrete wall, both still get fucked up hahaha

Good point, I don't doubt that on just about every good hit SpiderPig is likely to temporarily loose it's seal with the floor. But, I'm also betting on the fact that it's armor shell could be argued to be stronger than many shell spinners' shells. That said, I expect it to come back from competition with not a single smooth surface left on the armor. SpiderPig was made with the expectation that it would be beaten up; all it has to do to win a match is get beaten up less than the other robot.

I think the uneven floor may give them problems
After thinking about it, if the quality of the bots are anything of that of past, blender and copperhead are gonna be its only real threads

lol, probably. Either way, the wedge fights vs SpiderPig will be funny to watch.

EDIT:
*wedge rushes across the arena to SpiderPig head-on*
SLAM
*the wedge stops dead in its tracks, and then is inexorably pushed to the hammers/killsaws, wheels spinning all the way*

i could honestly see wedges going air born when hitting from impact not because of angles lol

silvercuda wrote:

Matt and senai are both wrong. This thing has no gravity defying ability. They are disinformation specialists. Leave is be you two....

What? Of course the bar has gravity deifying qualities. That blade is aerodynamically designed to life the robot in the air and allow it to hover out of harms way or into the perfect attack position.

I don't know what matt was talking about but IT'S A FLYING KILLER! EVERYBODY RUN!

SenaiERI

P.S. Me? A specialist? Ah, you're gonna make me blush.

Where is the picture of Blender with the bar?

Sean Rubin wrote:

Where is the picture of Blender with the bar?

Right HERE!!!