Pastrami
| Pastrami (2025) | |
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| Wins/Losses | 2/2 |
Pastrami is a drum beetleweight robot. Pastrami's design revolves around a large drum, made from the same drum stock as Cherri. Pastrami is made out of UHMW side rails, carbon fiber/titanium (depends on config) plates, and TPU.
Pastrami placed:
- Top 64 at November 2025 NHRL
Contents
Competitions Pastrami
November 2025 NHRL
Results: 2-2 - Made it to Round of 64
Bracket Style: Group Stage into Single Elimination
- Win vs Uch Funt
- Uch Funt is a beater kit bot.
- Pastrami won via knockout. No major damage to Pastrami
- Loss vs Jackalope
- Jackalope has multiple configurations, but fought as a vert lifter for this fight.
- Jackalope won via Judges Decision. Pastrami lost weapon functionality due to battery life, and Jackalope controlled the fight.
- Win vs No Name
- No Name was too scare of us and forfeited.
- Loss vs Sir Slicey
- Sir Slicey is a drisk.
- Sir Slicey won via knockout. Pastrami lost weapon functionality due to a broken spline. Sir Slicey went on to win the tournament.
Pastrami
Created by: Ryan De Angioletti, Alexander King, Shri Thada
| Drive Motors | Blitz Lite |
| Drive Motor Controllers | Repeat Duel Brushless ESC |
| Weapon Motor | Badass 2315 2300kv |
| Weapon Motor Controllers | RobotMatter 35A Blheli_32 ESC |
| Receiver | 2A mini Reciever for Flysky Controller 4Ch |
| Remote Control | RadioMaster Zorro |
| Battery | Tattu 4s 850 mah |
| Wheels | TPU with cast urethane, and Repeat Hubs |
| Max Weapon RPM | 24,000 |
| Max Joules | 600 Joules |
| Max Bite | 0.375 inches |
| Min Spin Up Time | 0.9 seconds |
| Drive Speed | ~8 ft per second |
Problems
- Battery life was too little.
- Weapon spline was too weak, and failed.
- Drive was not ideal upside-down.
- Pastrami could only consistently self right without any front configs.
Good aspects
- Drive was very fast and reliable (in normal orientation).
- Weapon was very powerful
- Pastrami was decently underweight, before additional armor was added
Changes/Improvements
- Increase Battery life
- Change weapon spline from fully printed to aluminum, or add dowels for strength
- Better predict weight, and allocate it effectively.
- Improve upside-down driving.
- Move center of gravity further back.
- Increase ear length.
- Improve self righting.
