Current Robots-Near Chaos Robotics (East)

Still needs paint.

Ready for the arena.

the 30 pound class is nasty this year

Ok, brief update.

Kobalos: 0-2, great rumble. Lost a spark gearbox in every fight which made it tough to do well.

Apollyon: 2-1, beat Zandor and Cantankerous Cowpoke, lost to Surgical Strike

Moros: 1-1, Lost to Steel Shadow, beat Gloomy. In the fight with SS, Moros tosses itself up to about eye level and flipped over. Yes, there is video. It will be posted once I'm on a better connection along with a bunch of better video.

Quick screengrab from the match with Steel Shadow

I never did actaully get to see one of your fights

MikeNCR wrote:

Ready for the arena.

I saw this fight today I have some video of it to
Oh and did u guys end up fighting that printer

They never found one, sadly.

Apollyon finished 3-2, with losses to Surgical Strike and Devour, wins over Zandor, Cantankerous Cowpoke and Jumbonator. Due for a complete rebuild.

Moros finished 2-2, with losses to Steel Shadow and General Disarray, wins over Gloomy and Formidable Fustigator 0.9. Ready for Moto 2012 or wherever I take it next.

Videos will slowly trickle online. Got a ton of footage in 720p.

Moros vs. Formidable Fustigator 0.9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoHERDQgZwo

MikeNCR wrote:

Moros vs. Formidable Fustigator 0.9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoHERDQgZwo

wow my dad must have been standing right next to u because i have the same exact video

hallboy8222 wrote:

MikeNCR wrote:

Moros vs. Formidable Fustigator 0.9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoHERDQgZwo

wow my dad must have been standing right next to u because i have the same exact video

My girlfriend was operating the digital camera on the tripod for a good chunk of Saturday and Sunday.

Apollyon 3 is in the works

Back to regular wheels and lots of nutstrip.
what are you going to do with the old frame?

Not sure. There's only about 2-3 pieces that didn't get bent up in some way during Moto, so it's probably scrap.

Mike

You beat Zandor, which last year took second place...not sureif it was improved upon this year or not, but it was a classic example of one design totally neutralizing the other...good job

vs Devour, it looks like you lost one drive side?

Hard to believe that he got that good a bite on your steel wedge, whe he flipped you????

vs SS, it looked like your wheels got destroyed?

Where you using the O ring wheels in a previous picture?

In any case, it was a better than decent showing....I have to wonder how the meltys would have done

rjw wrote:

Mike

You beat Zandor, which last year took second place...not sureif it was improved upon this year or not, but it was a classic example of one design totally neutralizing the other...good job

vs Devour, it looks like you lost one drive side?

Hard to believe that he got that good a bite on your steel wedge, whe he flipped you????

vs SS, it looked like your wheels got destroyed?

Where you using the O ring wheels in a previous picture?

In any case, it was a better than decent showing....I have to wonder how the meltys would have done

In the Devour fight it was more that I had no traction on one side after a shot tweaked my frame a bit. Near the end of the fight 6 of the 9 screws holding the wedge on were stripped out and I was able to drive around better. In the SS fight I was using the o-ring wheels. They got great grip but the rings kept falling off and nearly cost me a match. Once they were trashed by SS I switched back to Colsons.

Was devour still spinning downward against apollyon?

Fairly sure he was going upward

Thats what it looked like in the video and why i asked

Thinking about this now that might have seemed like a dumb question to everyone else but devour was actually a single tooth disc spinning downward with the intent to crush things off its wedge

different angle for your viewing pleasure

I'm debating between rebuilding Apollyon and starting a new 12lber as a replacement. I've been playing with a concept for something tonight and here's where I'm at-



PDX16 motors for drive, some sort of brushless for weapon, 4s lipo for power, .75" ti weapon shaft, needle bearings pressed into weapon hub.

Time for a quick rundown of all the bots built, being built and planned.

Ready to go:

Moros: Ready for Moto 2012 or wherever else I may take it. Franklin's out because I don't trust the arena to contain the bar should something go wrong.

Kobalos: Ready for whatever event is next. I'm now an official tester for Fingertech and will be running 20:1 Silver Sparks in Kobalos.

In progress:

Apollyon: Redesign is essentially done. If I end up down south, there's a lot more events that I can take the wedge to than the spinner, so it'll be the first 12lb build.

Motor City Massacre: Clamper/lifter ant. Concept sketch done by my girlfriend, detailed design is still being fine tuned, but it's moving along well.

Planning stage:

Nyx: 30lb/Sportsman wedge/lifter/hammer/thing. Most of the design is done, thinking on the fork actuation. Weapon power will be an 18v dewalt in low gear.

Unnamed 12lb VS: Concept's mostly sorted, if I have enough cash it may be ready for Moto next year.

Near Chaos Robotics is moving again. I've accepted a full time position as a mechanical engineer in the Atlanta area and begin April 18th.

congratulations!!! Will you still come back up for motorama or are you converting to southern events?