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Message |
 Topic: Growing the sport |
Phoenix_Rising
Replies: 120
Views: 70161
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 Forum: State Specific Information Posted:
Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:44 pm Subject: Growing the sport |
| That's not a bad idea, to be honest. A lot of the news cycles run out of serious stories by mid week, so having archive footage of an event that happened the weekend previous is often used to fill th ... |
| Topic: Ebay Motor Advice please |
Phoenix_Rising
Replies: 3
Views: 4478
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Forum: Technical Chat Posted:
Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:45 am Subject: Ebay Motor Advice please |
| Cheers, lads. |
| Topic: Ebay Motor Advice please |
Phoenix_Rising
Replies: 3
Views: 4478
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Forum: Technical Chat Posted:
Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:41 am Subject: Ebay Motor Advice please |
| Hiya folks, can I get some advice, from those in the know, on whether these motors are likely to be worth a damn or not, please. I've asked a question as to what the stall and operating currents are, ... |
| Topic: Robot videos |
Phoenix_Rising
Replies: 797
Views: 292789
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Forum: General Chatter Posted:
Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:36 pm Subject: Robot videos |
| I have to agree, Spockie. Of course, I don't actually have a robot to compete with as yet, so my opinion offers less weight than others', but nevertheless, the weapon groupings now offer such a massi ... |
| Topic: Techfest 2010 - iNexus comp at Curtin uni. |
Phoenix_Rising
Replies: 20
Views: 16406
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Forum: State Specific Information Posted:
Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:45 am Subject: Techfest 2010 - iNexus comp at Curtin uni. |
| I watched it live, but it was a bit frustrating, as the feed went a little silly a few times. Most of the teams were pretty ordinary, which was a shame, especially given the huge amounts of work they ... |
| Topic: Robot videos |
Phoenix_Rising
Replies: 797
Views: 292789
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Forum: General Chatter Posted:
Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:38 pm Subject: Robot videos |
Federation NDC (Non destructive Combat)
Aah, the good old Star Fleet Battles days. Combat ends when the first damage happens, sort of a first blood situation in duelling.
Gives newbies (me) the ... |
| Topic: COU-flamethrowers-GH |
Phoenix_Rising
Replies: 10
Views: 8439
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Forum: Technical Chat Posted:
Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:27 am Subject: COU-flamethrowers-GH |
Fire extinguisher; nice  Well, there is little (read as zero) chance of Pyro getting to the Eastern States any time soon, but your point is well made. The flame aspect is really just for visual sh ... |
| Topic: Polycarbonate mass |
Phoenix_Rising
Replies: 8
Views: 8154
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Forum: Technical Chat Posted:
Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:08 pm Subject: Polycarbonate mass |
| Hiya, just returned from my friendly local plastics dealer, who gave me some offcuts of various thicknesses of Polycarb so I can test it to destruction. I just thought I'd give you the masses of vari ... |
| Topic: Physical sizes of feathers |
Phoenix_Rising
Replies: 3
Views: 4448
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Forum: Technical Chat Posted:
Wed Dec 02, 2009 12:24 pm Subject: Physical sizes of feathers |
Thanks, lads, that helps a lot.
Andrew |
| Topic: Physical sizes of feathers |
Phoenix_Rising
Replies: 3
Views: 4448
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Forum: Technical Chat Posted:
Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:01 am Subject: Physical sizes of feathers |
| Yes, I know, it depends on the bird. Anyway, what are the sort of footprint sizes of the various featherweights in the competition, as it is a touch hard to discern from the videos. Even one bot's d ... |
| Topic: COU-flamethrowers-GH |
Phoenix_Rising
Replies: 10
Views: 8439
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Forum: Technical Chat Posted:
Wed Dec 02, 2009 12:19 am Subject: COU-flamethrowers-GH |
| Yep, I've read in a few rulesets that the fuel needs to exit the vehicle in an aerosolised, gaseous form before being ignited. I was thinking of maybe meths or kerosene |
| Topic: COU-flamethrowers-GH |
Phoenix_Rising
Replies: 10
Views: 8439
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Forum: Technical Chat Posted:
Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:13 pm Subject: COU-flamethrowers-GH |
Hiya, just wondering if anyone has played around with these yet?
From my initial investigation, it would simply take a 12v fuel pump from a RC petrol craft, some sort of resevoir, a glowplug for ig ... |
| Topic: WA Build Meet |
Phoenix_Rising
Replies: 13
Views: 12850
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Forum: State Specific Information Posted:
Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:27 am Subject: WA Build Meet |
| Hiya, folks, Andrew here again. I've sort of been bitten by the bug once more, and am thinking of building a lightweight / feather, to throw at any local creations. Are any WA folk still messing aro ... |
| Topic: WA robo comp |
Phoenix_Rising
Replies: 90
Views: 68975
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Forum: State Specific Information Posted:
Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:31 am Subject: WA robo comp |
| Well, I'm still putting the featherweight together, but will have to work out how much time I have to put together a competition locally for the Feathers we have.....I'm seriously considering starting ... |
| Topic: What Radios are folks using |
Phoenix_Rising
Replies: 6
Views: 8139
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Forum: Technical Chat Posted:
Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:08 pm Subject: What Radios are folks using |
| I'm looking at a Futaba Skysport 4 channel to run my Featherweight. Any suggestions, pros/cons? |
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