Category: Puca

EVAC Nov 2024 Event Report

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EVAC (East Valley Attack Combat Robotics), is the newest combat robotic club in Arizona alongside Wolves Robotics Booster Club, UoA’s Wildcat Robotics Club, and of course my own club: Arizona Robotic Combat. Since this was their first ever event, I was expecting a nice laid back competition that was fun to both hang out and…

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Púca V3 (and 2)

Puca V2 Wait a minute, Puca 3? What happened to 2? Let’s cover that real quick. So after Puca won Norwalk in January 2023, it fought at Motorama the next month where it would slowly obtain a negative win/loss ratio. Pictured above is Puca’s big secret. The 4-in-1 ESC actually sticks out the back…

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Motorama 2023 Event Write-Up

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Fight Videos All of Gimli’s fights can be found here.However, I won’t be doing a recap video on Púca and Son of Kram. They didn’t do too well and I don’t have the time. But I will cover what happened in their fights in this write-up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOJ8inG1hKQ&ab_channel=TeamSmallRobots Gimli So the first day of Motorama…

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Introducing Puca, a 4WD Drum Spinner!

Background Puca is my take on an uber-competitive try-hard Beetleweight. Those of you familiar with my Hobbyweight Son of Kram will notice that’s nearly identical in everything except size! (And of course the drum isn’t a stack, but more on that later). Due to SOK’s success in previous event, it seemed like a good place…

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Mega Smol Hubs

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Introducing V2! (11/24/2024) V1 (with spokes) V2 (no spokes) The main issue I was having with v1 was the entire tire would get ripped off during a hit instead of just a small chunk. This was fixed by removing the spokes entirely and enlarging the base of the hub. This provides plenty of surface area…

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