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The Mailman
Driver: Brian Benson Jr Story behind it: After Robocide I found out there was a local event (Pound of Pain) just an hour away from me which ran ants through 12 lbers. I decided I would dive into the world of smaller bots. So I went onto the Robot Marketplace and choose my parts. Having never built anything other then the Heavyweight I was pretty clueless as to what parts to use. Little did I know that what I ordered would leave me with almost no weight for a frame, but would also give me the power to out push nearly any bot I could get under. Giving me my most successful robot thus far. Name Origin: Let me first say that I nor anyone in my immediate family works
or has any connections with the post office. I get asked that at
least once per event. Before I made the Carbon Fiber frame I wanted
to do a prototype frame out of lexan which would also serve as a
template for the final one. I made it up out of 1/16" lexan but only
did the baseplate. Without a top cover however I was not able to
test its pushing ability. Looking around my room I spotted a USPS
box some of the parts came in. Cutting that up I fashioned a top
cover with the help of some duct tape. Weight Class: Antweight (1 lb) Actual weight: 16 oz Build Time: 1 week to build. 1 week to get underweight by drilling 800+ holes. Frame: Carbon fiber top and bottom. Top is .09 thick from a big Ebay lot. Motor mounts and front holders are uhmw. Armor: .09 Carbon fiber Weapon: Wedge, The bot is the weapon!!! Drive: 33:1 Escaps with 2.75" wheels super glued on. Electronics: Scorpion HP ESC with an 7.2 volt 400 mAH Battlepack ant battery Radio: Futaba micro receiver Competitions: North Carolina Robot Street Fight 03'
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was time to register the bot, meaning it needed a name. Being
terrible at names I came up with The Mailman from the temporary
cardboard USPS top and it was a wedge so it would "Deliver you to
the pits!!!"