SSP: The Underdog's Journey to Face NHRL's Fierce Competitors! (National Havoc March 2023)

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Can the little control bot that could hold its own against the best of the best at NHRL? Watch as SSP battles top-ranked beetles for a chance at the $1000 prize in the 3lb weight class!
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Chapters
00:00:00 Action!
00:01:05 Intro
00:02:07 Event Format
00:04:51 First opponent: Saber
00:05:57 SSP Vs Saber
00:09:05 Saber Commentary
00:11:31 Damage from Saber
00:13:00 Next Up: Blackbird
00:14:43 SSP vs Blackbird
00:19:35 Blackbird: The Good and Bad
00:21:42 SPONSOR: PCBWay
00:22:29 SSP vs Pawsitively Hissterical (Round 1)
00:28:04 Next: Plot Twist
00:28:35 Lost footage
00:29:14 SSP vs Plot Twist (Round 2)
00:32:49 Next: CatTastrophy 2
00:33:59 SSP vs CatTastrophy 2 (Round 3)
00:38:11 Next: Apex
00:38:43 SSP vs Apex (Round 4, Top 16)
00:41:02 Final Thoughts

Пікірлер: 31

@feardynamite1273 Жыл бұрын

At this point I am convinced that SSP starts its day with a bowl of horizontal spinners weapon belts.

@GrumpleBots Жыл бұрын

It was a blast fighting you and SSP. I also appreciate your contributions to the bot community. My wife is a proud owner of a SSP and it's always my first suggestion as the kit to get for new builders

@JustCuzRobotics Жыл бұрын

That's awesome, Thanks so much for the support!

@cyanideytcuriousseadoggo 10 ай бұрын

Despite literally being some shameless self promotion this is a really solid control bot. Good defense but the only real weapons are a lifting arm and driver skill. Something perfect for beginners to get the fundamentals down

@connorbingel7134 Жыл бұрын

One of your kits is going to a comp I’m gonna go to later this year. It and nautaliod scare me

@cyanideytcuriousseadoggo 10 ай бұрын

About the commentators for the blackbird fight that makes sense why the control shown is so good. To even have a basic control of something like division takes a lot of skill due to how unwieldy that is by nature basically being a horizontal spinner being used as a vert Edit: more on the lifter issue from blackbird that’s also a major lesson. Give the motors some slack to have a lower risk of a poorly timed burnout.

@JustCuzRobotics 10 ай бұрын

The servo burning out was a weird issue to track down. It really shows that bench tests and combat tournaments are very different conditions. There's nothing like sending your robot into the arena to figure out what is gonna break!

@FireMageTheSorcerer Жыл бұрын

All hail SSP, the bane of the undercutters!

@dingaangwangwa810 Жыл бұрын

This is going to be cool

@forceofwillgaming8475 Жыл бұрын

SSP is looking great. Have you thought about running SSP along side mini Mulcher as so many robots are fielding minibots at NHRL

@JustCuzRobotics Жыл бұрын

Mini Mulcher is a pretty terrible minibot as it hits everything and too uncontrollable. If I redesign it to not suck as much then maybe. But I would need another driver.

@mineman8496 Жыл бұрын

I wonder what SSP could do with the wedge and high speed fly wheel inplace of the lifter arm

@johnathanclayton2887 Жыл бұрын

It looks pretty easy to redesign if you want to have a go at it. The weapon would likely be underpowered though since you'd still need all the weight from the drivetrain

@JustCuzRobotics Жыл бұрын

There are a few people who have done this and done alright! There might even be a spinner attachment in SSP's future...

@aria8928 11 ай бұрын

Omigosh, a weaponized prusa mendel

@chefboiarby304 11 ай бұрын

Based on your experiences with the bot so far, which spares and how many would you recommend for this specific kit to compete at NHRL stock/unmodified?

@JustCuzRobotics 10 ай бұрын

This is a tough question to answer. What breaks will really depend on how good of a driver you are and what types of opponents you face. Lids and screws are the main 'consumables', the TPU arms and arm forks are also damaged sometimes. I would always recommend having a minimum of two batteries so you can swap rather than charging between fights. And it's usually a good idea to have a spare ESC and drive motor in case something terrible happens so you aren't totally out of the competition. Each chassis has lasted me over a dozen fights even against really tough spinners but your mileage may vary.

@penelo9114 Жыл бұрын

I hope they make it a two days event because I wanted to go back there and it isn't a guarantee I will be admitted anymore.

@JustCuzRobotics Жыл бұрын

They seem to be doing one 2 day event per year but this year they didn't increase the cap past 160 even for that. It's clear however that NHRL will expand within the US to more locations in the future. Which should take some of the load off the Norwalk location.

@theonlyamergeddon Жыл бұрын

Hey question for all you big smart people out there as I have a idea of a battle bot I am wanting to make but not to sure if it really would check out, I have the idea of using a precision gearbox to make a dual rotator synchrocopter themed weapon is there a way to reverse the push of the blades to not life of the ground but keep it firmly pushed down meaning I can just go mad on the weapon size and motor while not worrying I have created the worlds deadliest flying bayblade? Plz no steal idea ;)

@JustCuzRobotics Жыл бұрын

I don't know if I understand what you are saying exactly. If you are asking if you can use a weapon blade as a propeller to add downforce then the answer is mostly no. You have two problems: 1: a weapon blade is a really terrible shape and material for a propeller and a propeller is a horrendous shape for a weapon blade. The sharp edges would chip and dull and thin profile would probably snap. 2: the RPM you would spin a weapon blade at in a combat robot would usually be too slow to work efficiently to create lift or downforce, and just spinning faster causes a host of other problems to deal with

@theonlyamergeddon Жыл бұрын

@@JustCuzRobotics Damn I got a bunch of kinda rare parts from my neighbour who owns a scrap heap. In it is what I think is a gearbox to run what looks like a model synchrocopter and it was a heck more powerful than I was expecting so I was hoping to make something copter inspired, rotate the gearbox 180 and push down not up, I got the idea while looking at some of Mini mulcher's spectacular mid air acrobatics and some comments about how much force would be required to keep it grounded, and since I have been theory crafting a idea on how to get max spin out of a tiny bot without setting of into the sunset.

@JustCuzRobotics Жыл бұрын

Usually rare and hard to replace parts are not the sort of thing you want in a combat robot that will get destroyed 😂

@theonlyamergeddon Жыл бұрын

@@JustCuzRobotics Idk what else to do with em :/ Just always wanted to try my hand at making a battle bot and if I was to do it, I would rather try to be innovative than buy one to put together. Do agree with wtf do I do if the teeth break and suddenly that 0% chance for the blades to collide becomes alot higher lol. I had another idea for a bot what I wanna called Gear Golem which is alot more practical it's low to the ground and meant to latch onto and then act kinda like a cookie cutter sorta weapon take out chuks from the top, I saw stuff like thunderchild and was one super impressed and two thinking alot of those bots are flat topped possibly allowing a hammer with a small hole in the center to deform the metal as it strikes, or possible take a small chunk out, so basically a super deadly cookie cutter hammer thing (I'm not very good at explaining my idea's via messages so apologies for the bag grammar ect)

@theonlyamergeddon Жыл бұрын

@@JustCuzRobotics And also I wanted to start a project recently unemployed, my grandad with 40 years of aeronautical engineering under his belt my friend who works with electronics, my mums boyfriend with a massive wear house full of tools I wouldn't normally have and a open scrap heap I have the perfect opportunity imo to try make one and just wanted to bounce ideas of someone who clearly knows their stuff.

@Slaptop. Жыл бұрын

was ssp a rival or challenger at the start?

@JustCuzRobotics Жыл бұрын

It was a challenger, I misspoke and put a text correction on later

@Slaptop. Жыл бұрын

@@JustCuzRobotics thanks

@sushsidnd Жыл бұрын

Title says March 2023. Should it say July?

@JustCuzRobotics Жыл бұрын

Nope... This was all filmed at the March NHRL months ago. I was very late getting to edit this footage. Running a business by yourself full time, it's hard to find time for editing!

@sushsidnd Жыл бұрын

@@JustCuzRobotics got it. I understand. I was just confused because the way it was premiering live on a Saturday morning made me think you were doing a livestream from an NHRL event.