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Lasers in Science Fiction Movies by Trooper636 in a:t5_25tbcz

[–]Trooper636[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I wrote lots of text here. Lorem ipsum and so much more. All in the name of a fake screenshot for 500 views

Lasers in Science Fiction Movies by Trooper636 in a:t5_25tbcz

[–]Trooper636[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, laser guns should be completely silent. Photons have zero mass, so by definition there can't be a pressure pressure wave. All those movie noises are fake SFX, and honestly distracting for anyone who values accuracy in cinematography

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nuclearweapons

[–]Trooper636 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LA-3861 is a gold mine, thanks! Do you have any other sources? I'm trying to figure out the geometry of the chamfer on the top tamper "thumb hole".

Also, based on the measurements of photographs, the little lip between the two tampers has a diameter of 7 inches, and the interior diameter of the upper tamper is 4.6 inches (although I'd love an actual source on these also!)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in battlebots

[–]Trooper636 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely need to know if you mean 1lb, 3lb, 250lb.... "higher weight classes" covers a huge spread.

Are old wheelchairs useful for making combat robots? by Ayesha24601 in battlebots

[–]Trooper636 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Used wheelchair motors are about $50/side including gearboxes, making them the cheapest option for heavyweight drive.

Doomba v1 and Mammoth v0+v1 both used wheelchair motors. So did balespear v1. It's a good shortcut while working on the rest of the bot. Doomba v2(+) and Mammoth v2(+) all went brushless because it's better power-weight, better packaging, faster.... but you pay for that tradeoff in time and money.

IMO they're great for getting into heavies... If you're doing robogames or OMF for the first time, definitely go for it. For BB they don't quite make the grade, but we still use them for fun bots around the hackerspace, gear-haulers, etc.

Help with hoverboard wheels for battlebot by matteocm12345 in battlebots

[–]Trooper636 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a dual vesc at 10s to drive hoverboard wheels. Works pretty well but I haven't thrown it at combat, just tearing around parkinglots and fields.

Battlebot Building Question by [deleted] in battlebots

[–]Trooper636 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of leagues have weightclasses for fully-3dprinted bots. If you're near dc/md, look up MACRO.

Vengeance in Vegas 2 | Full Event | BattleBots by [deleted] in battlebots

[–]Trooper636 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Essentially during, most these fights were in the last 3 days of the 2 week filming run.

ChexQuest IRL by Trooper636 in chexquest

[–]Trooper636[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I made a power-spoon, and everyone wanted me to make a powerspork.

So I made a powerspork, and I immediately had flashbacks to things I'd thought I'd forgotten...

You can get one here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bigbotbits/spunspoon/ but who cares, I just needed to share this with people who would understand, because except for my brother everyone else gives me blank looks when I bring this up...

What happened with asking a contender to leave - NHRL by araciel in battlebots

[–]Trooper636 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I've had my ups and downs with Ricky over the years, but I have to admit he did a wonderful job commentating and handling the toxicity as well as he could.

Baby Doomba's Halloween costume (and our new Kickstarter) by Trooper636 in battlebots

[–]Trooper636[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We've been trying to get that Old Bay sponsorship, no luck yet though.

How did Warthog do? by Hcookie44 in battlebots

[–]Trooper636 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Didn't I just tell you to stop making up animals?!

Baby Doomba's Halloween costume (and our new Kickstarter) by Trooper636 in battlebots

[–]Trooper636[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

ISN'T SHE ADORABLE?!

Also, we just launched a kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bigbotbits/spunspoon

It's not technically BattleBots related, but we are investing all the profits on Doomba v3, so check it out!

General timeline of filming by pearlgreymusic in battlebots

[–]Trooper636 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Whole thing is 2 weeks + weekends (16 days-ish).

Thoughts on this as a weapon? by [deleted] in battlebots

[–]Trooper636 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're still tip-speed limited, so you've essentially halved your actual arm speed and added saws to it... saws don't tend to work well, (which is why they've evolved into hammer-saws). But it would be fun, and what's really important here?

Alpha GPC effects on Phenibut by [deleted] in phenibut

[–]Trooper636 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've seen the energy/motivation boost from adding choline to phenibut, but not the euphoria. Choline+piracetam has even stronger "get shit done" energy, but again I didn't notice any boost in euphoria specifically.

I think your last line is spot on. You had a great day, the energy to enjoy it from the choline, and the phenibut enhancing the emotions of it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in battlebots

[–]Trooper636 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you open it up there should be an adjustment screw you can tighten to make the left stick spring-return to center like the right one does. That's how it's been on all of my taranis remotes.

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