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NSW Round 7 17/11 - 18/11
I dropped in to Chris's this afternoon and we had a good chat about a number of things. One good idea to come out of it concerned this event date.
We both agreed that we wanted to build a lightweight, but wanted to focus on featherweights, so we would need a long time to get one going. Also we agreed that changing things up a bit adds excitement.
So thats when we worked out that we should do something later on in the year for the November event. So here's what we thought.
Saturday 3/11: Run the normal round for the feathers as we normally would. Same as always.
Sunday 4/11: Run the first NSW ligthweight fights. Run the games we ran last year for the feathers (eg Hungry Hungry Robots, Soccer, Sumo etc). And why not another little beetle competition (with no collapsible beam )
The idea would be to get as many people building a lightweight over the next few months as possible but not at the expense of their featherweight bots.
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Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:59 pm
cerberus3112
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Alright plenty of time to get a biger one going _________________ A journey of a million miles begins with a single step followed by a hell of a lot of other steps so get walking
Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:04 pm
Jason Team Grimlock
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November Round!!
Sounds great guys, count me in as a competitor for the sunday as Ive
already got Major Chip Hazard ready to go! I spoke to Gary last meet and he mentioned hed a lightweight ready to go (granted hes in Victoria!?)
but we may be able to lure him up here as well if this can go ahead.
Id be really keen to build a 2nd lightweight as well!-
Id like to see this happen even on a limited basis to start with-a 23,6 kg
limit allows for all kinds of serious ideas to tested out!!-Ill be keenly
dropping in on this thread to see how it goes -bring on the lightweights!!!-Jas
Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:58 pm
andrew
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defo, thats ages off so new orbit will be done definitely, a lightweight of some form and a new beetleweight
going to be awesome
now just need to work out what to use that massive actuator for, maybe a lightweight scorpion style crusher _________________ Andrew Welch, Team Unconventional Robotics
Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:12 pm
Rotwang Experienced Roboteer
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Re: November Round!!
quote:Originally posted by Jason Team Grimlock:
Sounds great guys, count me in as a competitor for the sunday as Ive
already got Major Chip Hazard ready to go! I spoke to Gary last meet and he mentioned hed a lightweight ready to go (granted hes in Victoria!?)
but we may be able to lure him up here as well if this can go ahead.
Id be really keen to build a 2nd lightweight as well!-
Id like to see this happen even on a limited basis to start with-a 23,6 kg
limit allows for all kinds of serious ideas to tested out!!-Ill be keenly
dropping in on this thread to see how it goes -bring on the lightweights!!!-Jas
Could be possible; just wondering if light spinners will be OK by then or if it’s a no spinner event?
Also should we bring any Feathers or is it a NSW state champ round only? _________________ Satisfaction is proportional to effort and results.
Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:07 pm
Bort Experienced Roboteer
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I can't see why you couldn't bring the feathers. You'll just have to be counted in the NSW state comp Join us!
I think everyone would agree, the more the merrier. No matter what backwards state they are from
In regard to the spinners, yes at this stage it will be a spinner event. Everything but the viewing screen is up to scratch for lightweight spinners. As the event gets closer, some communication/demonstrations of any spinners power will dictate the necessity for a polycarb upgrade. An upgrade on the viewing area was already on the table, but will just alter when that was going to happen, depending on the lightweights.
Can anyone think of some more games to play. I thought hungry hungry robots was good, but the soccer was a bit random and drawn out. I think we tried Sumo with similar result.
Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:42 pm
dyrodium Experienced Roboteer
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Regarding beetles...
I think for the moment, we should just build them to handle the arena. It's not hard, just put your weight over your wheels, if you can't drive then a different floor won't help much (as dylon found out).
It saves the trouble of having a proper beetle arena, plus I think the one we used for battleshed was ok, but a little unfair to vertical spinners.
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well my beetle was driving ok on that piece of cardboard, all it needs is something smooth to drive on, i think i even got it driving in the big arena, andrews one even had trouble driving before the arena fell on it and its wheels where grippy as and were pretty big to, and it usually goes a bit faster then wat it did, but they just get caught on the concrete, even laying down pieces of paper down would have made them drive better _________________ Barton Robotics Youtube Channel:
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quote:
well my beetle was driving ok on that piece of cardboard, all it needs is something smooth to drive on, i think i even got it driving in the big arena, andrews one even had trouble driving before the arena fell on it and its wheels where grippy as and were pretty big to, and it usually goes a bit faster then wat it did, but they just get caught on the concrete, even laying down pieces of paper down would have made them drive better
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I don't want to focus too much of the discussion on beetles, but I'm happy to have a dedicated arena for them. A couple of MDF sheets down for floor, those sides that Chris knocked up and eventually some acrylic viewing roof. The idea being it can become mobile if need be.
Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:01 am
Jason Team Grimlock
Joined: 06 Jan 2007
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consensus!?
Ok-so weve got a 27.6kg weight limit, and spinners permitted after
inspection/demonstration?
Im thinking about a lightweight walker, are we still on the double weight
limit allowance for those robots? Jas.
Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:18 pm
Valen Experienced Roboteer
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Spinner would probably be ok provided its KE is less than the best FW in play (probably scissorhands). There are web calculators for that type of thing as i recall. Team cosmos? _________________ Mechanical engineers build weapons, civil engineers build targets
Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:42 pm
Bort Experienced Roboteer
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Please Jason for the love of god don't mention walkers.
In fact edit your post and lets pretend you never mentioned walkers. Ok everyone? Jason never mentioned walkers. Who said anything about walkers? Nobody
Um, let's just say you just opened up one of the largest can'o'worms imaginable. If you really want to know if walkers will be allowed in the lightweights, what constitutes a walker, or what weight bonus they will be given, then I suggest it be discussed at the next event and not on the forums. (Bad, painful memories)
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Umm..., no. People leak when they get damaged, which is against the rules. _________________ They say that he crossed the fine line, from insanity to genius.
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