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marto
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So when do we see the last two?

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That build report was fucking epic.

I lol'd at the pocketed battery foam.

Man, we always knew when Glen got some money shit would get real and we weren't dissapointed
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I see the other two sections havent been filled in yet,....
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Lol, busy babysitting lately Razz No time! soon soon.
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Ahoy hoy robo peoples.

This depressing weather has put me in the mood to type, so the report on the UK championships is now complete!

Take a look on the previous page and let me know what you think Smile All of it was written 2 months after the fact so you'll have to excuse me if there's some artistic license taken with the summary of the event!

Hopefully no one minds, but I'd like to reflect personally on the entire experience in the rest of the post Smile

Having a bit of a personal break from robots for a month or two now, the rush build of citizen flips after returning back from the even more intense Decimator rebuild was super tough on me, so need to recharge my own batteries.

Nonetheless, before deciding to go on that trip, robot building had left me burnt out completely much more so than i am currently, and wasn't so sure of competing at all this year in favour of working on some other projects ( finally building a turbo bike which is something I've wanted for aaaages!). The decision to go was crazily spontaneous, I hadn't even the slightest clue how much it would cost overall before registering, but having spent nearly 6 years unemployed and broke through my 20's and finally going through good times with my job and money etc, there was never going to be a better time.

Let me tell you, I've got zero regrets about going what so ever! Even though money is still tight 2 months down the track, I would have done everything the same given the time over again. The entire trip was my first real holiday full stop, let alone first one by myself, first time on an international flight.. in a foreign land etc etc. Being a collosal life n00b, to say getting everything organised was a task is the understatement of the year, along with organising the international shipping of the robot gear.

On the way over, every single step was a giant stress overload. Did i fill out the customs forms? Are they gunna not let me into the UK when they see the weird shit I've got in my suitcase, will said suitcase even show up?! lol. All of this compounded by nearly missing the connection at Dubai because of fog. Any idea how nerve wracking it is trying to find your gate with 15 mintues to spare after a 14 hour flight, amongst 3 of the biggest terminals in the world, when no one seems to speak English, all the signs are in Arabic and you are basically culture shocked as all hell. Yeah, A LOT!! Razz

But looking back on it, all that craziness really made the experience. And as odd as it is to say, going most it alone excluding the robot event was probably the best decision I could have made.

The feeling of disconnection, being 17,000km away with your home of 27 years and the people and accents you familiarise yourself with, was properly surreal. Even just getting to the dodgy little terminal in Birmingham was mind blowing to me. The customs hall was empty by the time I'd made it there, cause I had to sit and look out at the airport wondering if I'd finally managed to get out of crappy Mt Druitt! The different look of the trees around the terminal, the airlines we don't have here, even the different things they have in the vending machines was basically, a bit of a mind-fuck to me lol. Looking back at it that's kinda sad, but I'll always remember that feeling Smile

Adding to the otherworldly feel of everything was basically learning what jet lag is. What an unassuming term for something that basically KICKS YOUR ASS NON STOP FOR 3 DAYS Shocked But you know, that made the first couple of days there extraordinary. I'm a lazy shit as many will know and never wake up early. So to comfortably get up at 3am and go for a ride into a place you've never been was a-mazing!

Birmingham is a stunning place, same with London. The history and age of so many buildings are wild. There's buildings here from the 20th century being heritage listed and just walking down any old street you find things like this -https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Captain_Bligh_House_London.jpg I think people still live in there too!

So anyway, only had a day and a half to get ready for the event. Most of that time was spent scooting around Brum, trying out every fast food place, drink and anything else i could get my hands on that we don't get in Aus, hearing all the different accents they have, the different cars, trains buses shops etc! just trying to absorb as much culture as i could before meeting everyone at the event.

P.s. If anyone gets me the real deal IRN BRU i will love you, possibly forever! How awesome is that stuff.

Ah, and the robot crowd there. This hobby really is universal. I could've sworn it was our Nats, of course with slightly more adherence to the rules and some slightly more intensive safety checking haha ;P Don't think I met a single person there that wasn't beyond hospitable, throwing tools at me whenever i needed them, chatting about our robots helping fix them etc. Sure the competitiveness is there being a world championship, but the mateship is there everybit as much as it is here.

Except for Mouldy. That dude is a right bell end Razz Nah, He and the Coopers in particularly we're fuckin awesome to us especially with the shipping. Of course a huge thanks to Nick in particular for zooming me out to pick up a much needed battery pack on the day of the event + all the lifts and company. Legendary.

Anyway, After the "power holiday" i had in the 4 days after the event, it was off home. Even after being there for a short 9 days, I'd really become attached to the place. Everything felt familiar to the point of me showing other more noob tourists where to go and how the train ticket machines worked haha, i wonder if that's a common thing? The thought of heading off home was a bit of a downer. Though maybe that was just at the thought of a 22 hour flight Wink Had the last of my irn bru and smashed a terrys chocolate orange FINALLY (we apparently have them here? why was i not informed!) and it was on the big bird home where i proceeded to sleep for 3 days straight. Did i mention jetlag is mega? Damn.

So. Do i recommend it? You fuckin' betcha. The event is super professional and in a big tech convention so there's plenty to do between the long waits, the robots and roboteers are amazing, the competition is at such a high level. Even though the event was 5 days i felt like i didn't get the chance to properly meet most of the people there, i guess you have to make the most of your time! London and Birmingham as well are fantastic. Highly recommended My perception of the place as a dingy miserable shithole was totally broken.

I'm so immensely looking foward to next year like you wouldn't believe. Of course i did things stupidly at times being a hapless tourist, like paying 160 pounds for the train to London unwittingly when it really only costs 30, getting my maccas robbed by a homeless guy and getting mobbed by a bunch of foxes until i gave them all my subway etc etc. But I don't regret any of it. It was a hell of an experience and one I will 110% look to beat 10 fold next year! Will be freaking awesome for sure Laughing Perhaps even more Aussies will tag along Wink

If you have the foozbooks and haven't seen already check out the pics from the trip here:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153274366918700.1073741830.583983699&type=1&l=5b01f94920
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Peace,
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Post Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:13 am 
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Excellent event report! Next year we will lay waste to all the remaining bots that dare to oppose us! <waits for Mouldy to trash talk...>

Have you thought about making the business end of the bar symmetrical? With teeth on both sides you would get double the use before they go blunt. Or you could get one side cut with a more aggressive angle just for plastic armour.
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A brilliant report Glen! The only time you will get a more ecstatic review of a country would be in a travel brochure!

Make sure you come back next year, Binky has a score to settle Wink

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Iron bru is the best. Ever. Do you peeps not have it or?
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quote:
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- Pulley on the motor can

Well it ran through a bunch of fights, so i can't say it didn't work. But it was clearly twisting the can of the motor enough to grind on the stator. It happened quite bad on my first motor such that it wasn't able to be used.

That was annoying as it was the one that was rewound to have full power on 6s instead of the 12s the HK4035 motors normally run at, so the fights you saw were all at a very reduced power.


Why Glen, why.

That is legitimately terrifying though, that you brought chaos to the tournament and still wasn't even running it on full... [adds more 10mm hardox to feathers]

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hey glen you can get iron brew at dan murphy's! wicked report mate.
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Awh i got a special mention. Thanks bro x







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ha epic Very Happy
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Post Fri Jul 17, 2015 8:33 am 
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+1 on fully removable electronics.

I had two boxes for my middleweight. Which just unbolted and plugged in.

Came in very handy as I was ready to run again 10min after catching fire despite the outward appearance Razz

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Given the cost of electronics treating them as one replaceable unit would seem the smart thing to do now days.


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;p

Going on a state wide hunt for this mythical IrnBru now lol. Was always under the impression the quinine made it illegal to sell here! Seemingly not.

As for the reduced power, it was perfect in the end, i will probably just make the new setup the same rpm with a much faster spin up time. Can't find the video anymore, it was on facebook, but on the test day i smashed up a few computers and the weapon was going at full tilt there. Sounded pretty good Cool
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Irn Bru can be bought from Aldi's.
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