Strikepoint Vs Lucid - Fight 1 - Beetleweight Robot Combat - SoCal Smackdown 2023

Breakpoint has grown up!
Now featuring a hammer-saw that can double as a vert and lifter, it's time for beetles to start worrying about their top-armor too!
In this fight Lucid was already pretty well protected against overhead attacks with a 3mm aluminum roof and an ar500 subframe.
At 0:37 the wedge deflects his blade enough to get it entangled in his belt, disabling his weapon.
At 0:43 I get a fully-power hit against his ar500 frame right next to his weapon. This caused my arm gear to eject, which was fixed for later fights by screwing it in. Thanks ‪@IbaLabs‬
Strikepoint is designed to have a redundant weapon. So even though the arm broke I still had a vert.
The rest of the fight I alternated between pinning Lucid and using the vert.
Unanimous Judges Decision: Strikepoint
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[@kevincrady2831]

That is pretty cool how the hammersaw can double as an effective vert. But there's just something about the way Breakpoint's killsaw just ruthlessly cuts into a robot that's hard to beat.

[@teamthagomizer]

Who says Strikepoint can't mount killsaws 👀

[@TheRealDylanTRM]

Breakpoint evolved into strikepoint

[@kevincrady2831]

Huh. It just occurred to me that combat robots are...basically real-life Pokemon. Except the "evolving" only happens due to the hard work and cunning of their builder(s), and you can't catch them by just going out into the tall grass.

[@TheRealDylanTRM]

@@kevincrady2831 fair idea

[@l8dawn]

great control and pins! I remember how frustrating your driving was when you fought Record Scratch haha

[@Dubstepper]

Did whiplash, and sawblaze have a child?

[@RennieAsh]

Beta and sawblaze

[@Dubstepper]

@@RennieAsh theres some whiplash sprinkle tossed in and I think it's more shatter then beta

[@thomaslum2]

How do you control the swinging arm motor? Do you use end stops or some other method to allow the arm to rotate but not over-rotate?

[@teamthagomizer]

The arm is powered by a brushless motor, with the arm gears acting like a clutch by slipping before stalling the moto. I use the forth channel on the remote, spinning the motor to move in the right direction and making sure not to hold it too long.

[@zeDoSauRus]

driver is 12/10