Hello everyone :) Newbie here....

mattrugbymad · Post by **mattrugbymad** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:43 pm

Been catching up on my old robot wars footage on youtube and came across these antweight robots, absolutely fascinated

So much so ive started building one out of cocktail sticks and old cardboard!

razerdave · Post by **razerdave** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:55 pm

Hey Matt, welcome to the forum

Be sure to show us pictures of your design models

mattrugbymad · Post by **mattrugbymad** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:04 am

haha yea i will do

If i was to make it out of thin polycarbonate, what would be an ideal thickness to use?

Flippt · Post by **Flippt** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:04 am

Most builders use 1-2mm thich polycarbonate, altough 1mm is having a hard time standing up against spinners nowdays.

Remote-Controlled Dave · Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:30 pm

Stick with the cardboard! lol. I do.
Welcome, all builders and standards of robots are welcome in antweights.
Polycarb does seem to be most common at about 1-2mm. Resisting spinners is a less exact science than simply having good armour though.

Post by **BeligerAnt** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:53 pm

Hi and welcome!

There have been plenty of armour discussions over the years, try using the Search at the top of the page. Search for "armour" in the "antweights" and "Questions" sections and you should find plenty of opinion and information. Sometimes it's hard to tell which is which

Beware when looking at posts that are more than a couple of years old, as times have moved on, but polycarbonate is still pretty much king...

Simon Windisch · Post by **Simon Windisch** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:56 pm

I would say that 4mm polycarbonate is spinner proof.

But if you used 4mm poly all over you'd be overweight.

So think about how your armour is attached, the angle that it would get hit, and have a look at lots of videos to see what works.

Hope that helps

Simon

Team Orr · Post by **Team Orr** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:52 pm

# points out that ValliAnt is all 4mm and 147g's#

#then remembers that there is a hole the size of cuba in the base and 200 holes drilled in the top and sides (yep that took a while!)#

although thickness/type of material is very important i think that its really the shape that matters, Combatant managed to get through my 3mm polycarbonate when it was at 90 degrease but couldn't get through my cardboard/gafa plating when it was at 20 degrease, it was my driving that lost me the match

so my tip would be: start out with cardboard, get the shape/size right and then practice driving ( unlike me

) then you can move up to polycarbonate and titanium

jack

razerdave · Post by **razerdave** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:07 pm

I think I probably have some of the thickest AW armour atm: 6mm Polycarbonate sides (and .6mm Ti front and back)

Simon Windisch · Post by **Simon Windisch** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:17 am

Back at Matt: Cardboard will be fine for your first battles. We have non-spinner competitions at Reading Robot Club and some other events.

Simon