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Spockie-Tech
Site Admin
Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Maybe try starting smaller.. so people can get some instant gratification..
A decent featherwight is hard to do for less than $500 by the time you get ESC, Radio, Batteries, charger, and then most peoples wheels fall off, they dont understand the wiring, smoke happens, and they get discouraged.
Pick a weight limit that allows people to grab an R/C Car from K-Mart or Tandy and stick some wedges and a bit of armour on. They can run on stock AA batteres without requiring people to invest in/learn about battery pack care and feeding. They can super-glue things back together.
If you can rustle up some thick clear plastic garden sheeting and hang it across the front of someones garage or carport, you could probably allow low energy spinning weapons. Not optically wonderful, but if its hanging loose it should stop small fragments from getting anyone in the eye.. Isnt that how Marayong started out ?
Pick a date, print up some simple B&W flyers and hang around the R/C car sections at Dick Smith, K-Mart or somewhere similair and when the staff arent looking, hand one to the 10-20yo's who are checking out the RC cars. Try to make sure there are at least 2 or 3 rc-car/bots confirmed to come along so they can see some action.
Its hard to get the ball rolling I know, you probably need to ignore what we're up to over here for the moment and get a few battles happening, even if they're little ones. Try to make it easy for newcomers, so they can have some fun in a few weeks instead of 6 months from now. Just after christmas is probably a good time, since there will be lots of kids with new R/C cars looking for fun.. _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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