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The Coyote Light Weight (60lb) Combat Bot
Design: Two wheel drive with hinged front wedge. Wheels are large enough to allow for inverted drive. Plan to eventually put an actuator (either electric or pneumatic) on the front wedge to make it a lifter/flipper. Attack Tactic: Wedge under the robot and drive them hard into the walls. With the addition of a lifter/flipper actuator, I will also attempt to invert my opponents. Current Status - damaged, but intend to re-build The last fights at the 2004 RFL Nationals destroyed the robot to the point it no longer functions, but I fully intend to rebuild this robot again. Fight History Las Vegas Street Fight #6.5 (Feb 2004) - I was a good friend with the organizer of the LVSF events and was invited to build a LW robot and compete with 4 other robots to make a sample video of an "underground" themed event as a concept for a possible TV show. The build for this event was quick. This lead to not only some bad welds, but I ended up using the other non-treated shaft that came from Blue Vixen. So in the first match, I lost control of one of my wheels and had an outrigger break off, causing the bot to bottom out and be effectively knocked out. Sure it was the first out, but it was also the inspiration on how the general look of my new MW WulfRam was going to eventually be designed as. Las Vegas Street Fight #7 (June 2004) - Alright, another survivor style event. After the issues encountered at the mini-LVSF event, I decided to beef up some of the welds, especially the outriggers that the drive axles were supported with. Well, I swept my survivor bracket all the way to the finals until I met a flipper robot that caused me to be inverted (at the time, I only had 5" wheels but a 6" tall robot) Overall results: 3-2 - 2nd place finish and qualification for the 2004 RFL Nationals Event 2004 RFL Nationals (Oct 2004) - Since I got flipped at LVSF 7, I decided to raise up my drive motors and run with the 8" diameter wheels left over from Blue Vixen. While I only won one of my matches, my two losses were VERY exciting matches that was a blast for the audience, so it was a big blast. Plus, I took the Magic Carpet with me and people got a kick out of seeing that thing in action as well. The Team O-Town boys were cool enough to film their fights and post them on their web site. You can find their videos from this event, including Ground Zero vs The Coyote here. You can also find some additional videos by the Team Mad Overlord / AnimEgo guys here (includes Hexy Jr vs The Coyote) Progress Photos (more to be added)
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