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BattleBots
So with ABC reviving the BattleBots show I wanted to hear your thoughts on this.

I wanna hear from you seasoned veterans with tonnes of experience and also you newbies who are just now hearing about this and are really starting to get interested.

I have some ideas for a BattleBot and I'm sure you all do so let's talk.

References:
Educational Tutorial on Building a BattleBot
BattleBots official website
BattleBots on Wikipedia
BattleBots Wiki
Nightmare

So who'll get us started?

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Yeah what was your favorite part about it? Any insights? Planning to build your own bot and enter?
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Cool anyone else? And here's a topic you guys could discuss about:

Titanium VS Tungsten
What is the better armor material?

So yeah discuss the pros and cons and I'll join in on it soon ;)
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I was thinking of building a bot with a metal bar spinning as a weapon. What do you think would be the appropriate weight class? 60lbs?
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Oh tell me more on what you think about it(Wow such morning talk show replies XD)
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Are you by any chance familiar with the show enough to talk about stuff with me to a further extent than "Oh, cool."?
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Originally Posted by PanzerSoul View Post
Spinning bar-type bots have definitely proven to be effective thus far in the series.

You might want to take note that the bars are susceptible to snapping due to the impacts, and your bot will also go out of control due to the recoil of the blow.

From the above points, I would suggest you:

1) Prepare spare bars

2) Have a backup weapon in case it snaps during battle

3) Make sure your chassis can withstand the shock of the recoil

4) Try to have a low CG to avoid flipping yourself from the impact.

5) Put LEDs on your bar so that it will shows a dickbutt when it spins

Yes a dude who knows his stuff! Teach me Senpai. And what if the bar was Tungsten? I hear it'd pretty strong. I was also thinking of a generic Lightweight/Middleweight Bot with a buzzsaw as a weapon. Pretty generic but I think it'd be fun to start with. Let's talk more I need a BattleBots mentor
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For a secondary weapon how about a vertical saw that moves up and down?
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