Hey! Captain of Team Somethin’ and driver of Jimmy V0 here. This was an amazing tournament and I was really scared if i had to fight you. In the end you did amazing with Cheesecake and I wish good luck for Cheesecake’s future tournaments

Definitely a rough way to finish but the fights leading up to it show clear improvements!

@alexsalchemy

Жыл бұрын

I've honestly thought about rebuilding the very first version of Cheesecake, and then having it fight the latest version for comparison to showcase the improvements. That could be really funny.

Cheesecake is amazing! What an aggressive little beast. Super fun to watch. Kudos!

I love seeing the progression and thought process behind Cheesecake's design! Keep up the awesome videos!

Cheesecake's a monster! Can't wait to get my revenge... or at least try to! :)

@alexsalchemy

Жыл бұрын

JORDAN is a monster! Cheesecake needed all these changes just to keep up!

The smaller weapon was definitely more effective, but it seems that the smaller reach makes it quite a bit more likely for other bots to hit your chassis. Perhaps changing the pivot of the bot further back by moving the wheels and maybe heavier parts if possible will extend the weapon further from the pivot point and extend your range, mitigating this issue.

3:13 really got a taste of that CheeseCAKE

Hey cheesecake I was at this competition I was the kid in the black hoodie with the beetle weight winner up ya go and I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed watching your fights and I’m mainframe my own bot now too

lol, I like bocchi (bow-chee) the bot. the color scheme and name is in reference to an anime. Nice video! love to see the progression and continued developments of projects like these.

I competed with Up Ya Go in the beetles and that floor seam gave me a tough time too. I almost lost a fight because I got stuck in them

@elijahnevil1454

Жыл бұрын

What’s up cannan

Good vid,cheesecakes lookin great! Ya doin great work w it and it’s come a long ways,very excited to see it at Jersey in April!

Grass roots robot fitin' rocks

This was an awesome recap

Ooh tough lesson, but you learned ftom your mistake. Great stuff 👍

bro cheese cake never taps out

Ow, that's a "gin Binge" your Bot kinda took, while ya weren't lookin'?! Crossed wires.

Bocchi the bot is not real, it can’t hurt you. Bocchi the bot:

A little trik-o-filing... Floor Seams. Radius the low lip of any contact plate/piece/spin-blade and Glide over, instead of getting hung-up.

Why wouldn't they just sand down that seam? haha

just a fan of combat robots, but curious about the pits (you dont see them covered on NHRL or other sites much) would some colored nail polish, tags, zip ties, heatshrink on the wire harnesses make it easier to quicly change and replace parts w/ less risk of mixup?

@alexsalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes, my latest design is much more internally organized, with just enough color coding to ensure I plug the battery into the right place.

Sir, I've been watching little Cheesecake toil endless opponents for about an hour now, learning a little about your bot in the process. I see you're using a Skywalker 3S ESC, (finally, I've been curious) to pair up with your 1800kv motor. You'd surely be able to save quite a few grams were you to swap it for a BL-Heli_S or BL-Heli_32 ESC, while gaining some awesome programmability over the power delivery. You probably don't use the Skywalker's BEC, so it's just generating heat and wasting space anyway (the ESCs I speak of don't have 5V outputs). Besides, the quad-style ESC's are cheaper, too

@alexsalchemy

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for being such a loyal fan! I'm actually using this ESC linked below, which uses the BL-Heli_S firmware, and is pretty light and small. www.amazon.com/Electronic-Controller-Brushless-Multicopter-Quadcopter/dp/B09F3G4KNB

@GhostRyderFPV

10 ай бұрын

@@alexsalchemy Perfection, my guy. I'm enjoying watching these matches, and the steady iterative changes. Kicking myself for starting at the most recent video, lol

@alexsalchemy

10 ай бұрын

@@GhostRyderFPV - Haha, I should really feature the playlist of all Cheesecake's tournaments more prominently somewhere: tell the story from the start as new people find the channel!

2 seconds into the championship match and you hear that Uh-oh. Definitely not a good sign mate.

Repairs in Plastic Armour; . Try to use Cragle & arm+ Hammer as a filler, or E-6000.

Ah ha, so you became a Could of Been champion 🏆

bocchi the bot, hahahahahha

That’s rough

cheesecake for the win

"Hey he took a bite on my butt" wich butt yours or cheescakes🤔

Re: air resistance. Could you taper the edge if your spinner, even a little. Like a knife blade without losing too much structural strength

@alexsalchemy

9 ай бұрын

I thought about it, but it would be very hard to manufacture, and I kind of need that square shape to really bite into opponents on the tip anyway.

Nice work! What options are you considering for upgrading the motor mounts? Would TPU work?

@alexsalchemy

Жыл бұрын

I thought about using TPU for the motor mounts, but there are two embedded locknuts in each mount which allow me to bolt them to the frame, and I think TPU would be too squishy to keep those nuts from rotating as I tighten the mounting screws into them. Good idea though, maybe an alternative mounting strategy would allow me to use TPU for these parts.

Kinda amazes me how many go with totally unprotected foam/plastic/rubber wheels.

@alexsalchemy

10 ай бұрын

I agree! One of my design goals for Cheesecake was to have the wheels inside the chassis, even if it costs some extra weight.

Could you print some components with chetaflex maybe? I'd try add some more shock absorbing material to more components. Thin layers of semi-hard rubber maybe, you want to dampen the acceleration curve of the BIG hits, too soft and it will bottom out too easily on the big ones.

@RennieAsh

Жыл бұрын

Ooh someone watched that end game video ;-)

@SpiderWaffle

Жыл бұрын

@@RennieAsh Yes, and ME degree :D. I've always been a big proponent of shock absorption. Around 50% of critical failures arise from the inside of robots vs external mechanical failures.

I see you're also competing at "SWORD at the museum"! Just by seeing what you did to that one viper kit makes me VERY scared to fight you, so try not to absolutely level my bot.

@alexsalchemy

Жыл бұрын

I actually had to drop out of SWORD: not enough time for that and the GSCRL finals :(

@jamesdyer5905

Жыл бұрын

@@alexsalchemy darn

See you in April Annihilation

The arena builder needs to be fired.

You hit my frame and I was not able to fight for a month. I had to buy a new frame. So thanks allot and I don’t mean it

@williamworrall8733

Жыл бұрын

>Enters robot fighting competition >Has option to tap out >Does not tap out >Sustains damage >Loses >??? >This is my opponents fault