FR108 Endure

*FR108 Endure* is a relatively mature product which absorbed a series of inspiring designs and performs decent in battles. There are 6 times of iteration to reach here from none: *[FR101 Downhill](https://robocraftgarage.shaf.fun/robots/6)* → *[FR103 Ûron](https://robocraftgarage.shaf.fun/robots/7)* → *[FR104 MonasteryGate](https://robocraftgarage.shaf.fun/robots/8)* → *[FR105 Xiaoluo](https://robocraftgarage.shaf.fun/robots/9)* → *[Type 6 Panzerwagen (Procelio)](https://discord.com/channels/215212717278101514/417029101027590145/1517660567765123122)* → *FR108 Endure* Let's see what is changed on *FR108* compared to its in-game proceder *FR105*. **1.Amount of Wheels Decreased to 10** In order to avoid wheelie, I installed 12 wheels in total on *FR105* ,which was finally discovered problematic.The lack of CPU forced the armor narrow and thin. So the chassis is not solid at all in terms of area-HP-rate. When planning *FR108* I skimmed others' cars and discovered that most of them are 10-wheeled. So it was decided to use 10 wheels on *FR108*. **2.Lowered E-plates Layout** I feel the lateral pair of e-plate on *FR105* is quiet cost ineffective. They half covered 5 of the guns that already have acceptable survivability considering the thin poles supporting the guns are difficult to be hit. Therefore I planned to move down the e-plates to protect valuable parts below, the wheels and the seat. E-plate layout on my sled *FR707*, or *FR709*, is adopted. A pair of low and wide T-10 e-plates can provide not only frontal protection but also certain diagonal protection. That also benefits from the technical feedback from my *Procelio* cars. There is a kind of parts in Proccelio that is similar to T-10 e-plate. They interfered with the wheels and the wheel mount routes because I was trying to mount them so low. Labored to arrange everyting well. Same situation is for *FR108* but milder given that *RC15's* e-plates have slimmer building hitbox. **3.Routes Moved to the Bottom** In *FR105*, half of the seat and wheel routes are 1 block higher than the wheel root, making spcae for a layer of bottom armor. That is not necessary because the bottom of a car is protected by the ground and can not be hit most of the time. Placing routes to the bottom layer strengthens the roof protection. Also most of the *Showcase* cars are doing so. **4.New Triforce Technic** A damage absorb layer between guns and wheels was introduced form Amvery. It is connected to the root block of both guns and wheels. This is way different from something like dual-mounts. Im not fully understand the mechanism of it yet. However it makes the triforce of guns much easier, and provides fair survivability. >ㅤ --- **Components** + 13 guns + 10 wheels >ㅤ --- **Triforces** + 7 blocks between wheel mounts (not including the root block) + 2 * 3 mounted seat protected by embedded T3 e-plates + damage absorb layer between guns and wheels >ㅤ --- **Problem** + The connect points of T10 e-plates are a bit exposed. >ㅤ --- **References** 1. [Amvery's Car](https://discord.com/channels/592554105424183326/921918729137315850/1459707731282886853), overall design, especially damage absorb mesh, and interior structure diagramming style 2. [DestroyThing's Mori](https://discord.com/channels/592554105424183326/921918729137315850/1443641086492016690), T-8 e-plate layout 3. [Gyyhor's Stariway to Healing](https://discord.com/channels/592554105424183326/921918729137315850/1530627117660770435), T-3 e-plate layout 4. [Daylee's Gecko](https://discord.com/channels/592554105424183326/921918729137315850/1471950245045731544), 3 * 2 mount of seat 5. [FR105 Xiaoluo](https://robocraftgarage.shaf.fun/robots/9), preceder 6. [FR707 Zisi](https://robocraftgarage.shaf.fun/robots/127), T-10 and T-8 e-plate layout 7. [FR709 Zauli](https://robocraftgarage.shaf.fun/robots/129), the same as above 8. [My Procelio Car "Type 6 Panzerwagen"](https://discord.com/channels/215212717278101514/417029101027590145/1517660567765123122), preceder