QRSC - Australian Nationals Promo Day - 26th May 2012
So I am in dire need of Feathers for promotional event in just over 2 weeks. I am looking for anyone with a robot they want to bring along and show off or anyone who is willing to hand out fliers or just talk to general people about how to build robots.
It will be out at Ipswich and we need to be setup at 8 for an early start @ 9 to run until 2. I can get most of the arena sorted out but if anyone with robots big or small is really needed. Fights will be mostly on a grudge match/ whoever is ready basis. Idea is to put on a show and get as many people interested in building for nationals as possible.
We will likely have several thousand passers by at the venue, which is river link shopping centre. We are also able to get announcements on the PA system throughout the centre and we may see if we can sort something out with River 94.9 during the day.
Arena will need to be setup in smaller 3x3 config. So will need to see if our resizable roof actually works...... And how we can fold the shade cloth to fit in that area. We really need to put a strip of calico around the outside to tidy up the shade cloth points. Also event is being filmed for promo videos and a documentary. So there will be a full film crew around for most of the day.
Only thing which looks a bit dubious this stage is insurance. I thought I had this sorted and I had got a new quote from Suncorp a bit over a month ago. But being cheap decided to wait to check start date so we could maximise our coverage. Unfortunately in this interim time suncorp have stopped offering Not For Profit insurance. So when I tried to confirm policy this afternoon I was unable to renew it. I currently have about 5 enquiries as to insurance in the works and hopefully should be able to get something on par with our previous policy.
I need to confirm ASAP we can make this happen. So I really want at least 6+ hopefully 10 bots. Doesn't matter if they aren't too destructive just something which can drive around make a bit of noise and put on a bit of a show would be great.
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Heres a pic of riverlinks.....the arena will be under the gas tower shape in the left of the photo. the wide angle lens of this photo is making it look short but the actual shopping centre is like 1km long...its mega! _________________ Miles Blow - Julie Pitts
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Aaron has nearly got insurance organised through broker. Will have to give Robyn (riverlinks) an update tomorrow. Probably wondering why she hasn't heard from me but wanted to get insurance semi sorted.
Few other things are starting to coming together.
Real question is if the arena can actually be setup in the 3x3 configuration... That will be the main test I think. In theory it should... but it has never been tested.
We will also be very short on space so although there wont be many of us there it is going to be pretty tight.
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Dunno how your roof is done but can you just put a threaded post in the center of the roof structure to jack up the shade cloth and take up the slack in it (or however much you need to leave in there for it to work). _________________ www.demon50s.com - Minimoto parts
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