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If you love HAWKEN, you should enjoy this in a way:

 

Ep1: http://www.dailymoti...e-1-fights_tech

Ep2: http://www.dailymoti...e-2-fights_tech

Ep3: http://www.dailymoti...e-3-fights_tech

Ep4: http://www.dailymoti...e-4-fights_tech

Ep5: http://www.dailymoti...ights-only_tech


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Thanks for making it easier for me than to google it :D



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Yep, it's fights only too. No BS.


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Yep, it's fights only too. No BS.

Will watch later. One day, I want a bot to shoot, even if it against the rules :D



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I met Witch Doctor's driver last time I was in NC. Awesome dude. 

Also, more of you guys need to start building your own bots, if a complete idiot like me can build one, so can you.


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I met Witch Doctor's driver last time I was in NC. Awesome dude. 

Also, more of you guys need to start building your own bots, if a complete idiot like me can build one, so can you.

 

I thought Witch Doctor was driven by a young girl


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I'm not going to lie, I've always been super underwhelmed by battlebots. I just feel like there's gotta be potential for way more impressive stuff while remaining safe. I'm not familiar with what the restrictions are though.



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I'm not going to lie, I've always been super underwhelmed by battlebots. I just feel like there's gotta be potential for way more impressive stuff while remaining safe. I'm not familiar with what the restrictions are though.

 

My participation in FIRST has taught me that a 150 pound robot can be pretty damn dangerous even if it's designed not to harm the other robots on the field. I don't think the videos really convey how much energy is being slung around, especially on those spinning death wheels.

 

 

I met Witch Doctor's driver last time I was in NC. Awesome dude. 

Also, more of you guys need to start building your own bots, if a complete idiot like me can build one, so can you.

 

I think the expense and time commitment is generally a larger inhibiting factor than expertise.


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I'm not going to lie, I've always been super underwhelmed by battlebots. I just feel like there's gotta be potential for way more impressive stuff while remaining safe. I'm not familiar with what the restrictions are though.

 

Well, if anything's gon be damaged it's the bots. The glass surrounding the fighting arena is bullet proof.


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I'm not going to lie, I've always been super underwhelmed by battlebots. I just feel like there's gotta be potential for way more impressive stuff while remaining safe. I'm not familiar with what the restrictions are though.


The weak spinners and wedges are boring, but Tombstone is pretty entertaining to watch this season since a huge amount of its weight is devoted to a ridiculous weapon.

Here's the chunk of its ~70 lb steel bar that it snapped off in last episode's fight:

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The weak spinners and wedges are boring, but Tombstone is pretty entertaining to watch this season since a huge amount of its weight is devoted to a ridiculous weapon.

Here's the chunk of its ~70 lb steel bar that it snapped off in last episode's fight:
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That makes me very curious as to what kind of steel it is, and what kind of tempering it had.

 

Is there a budget limit on these things?


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That makes me very curious as to what kind of steel it is, and what kind of tempering it had.

Is there a budget limit on these things?


It's S7 tool steel at 54 HRC. And no, there's no budget limit. Apparently he spends $1000 or so per fight fixing his bot.

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That makes me very curious as to what kind of steel it is, and what kind of tempering it had.

 

Is there a budget limit on these things?

 

I'm not that sure. But that tombstone robot got rekt so hard in the last round, it won out of pure luck.


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Idk, I mean Witch Doctor did a lot better than I expected, but it lost its advantage pretty early on and then got tossed around. It was one of the best fights this season though.

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I'm all for bot battles. I enjoy them, but I hate the whole samey feel most of them have.  I see a lot of the ones with spinning death blades on the front. It gets sort of monotonous.  Give me bots who do interesting things to win.  Although, I love the sound of metal slicing or crushing each other as sparks fly.  It creates such a good feeling in me.


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tombstone has been around for just about ever. 


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my money was on ICE wave btw


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Bronco or Tombstone is taking first for sure


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Thanks for making it easier for me than to google it :D

It just like porn. But now you don't even need to google it.


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