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Valen
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 07 Jul 2004
Posts: 4436
Location: Sydney
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This is robot wars
Person with semi full of parts rocks up.
gets drawn against El-B
goes mega super jolt style
El-B does full arena charge out of the box and flips them out of the arena, round over in 2.3 seconds.
Re the weight thing
I was fairly sure all bots were meant to be weighed going into the arena.
if you are overweight your compeditor has the option of continuing or saying "nah that 4kg Ti bar you added is a bit much to your already 15kg bot"
Saying heaviest wep + armor is what you must be weighed with is just silly.
Because to compete with those wouldnt be fair. Its the arena that counts.
Personally I have no real issue with people having multiplle chassis or even multiplle bots. I don't want to see people win their round then have to forefit because they cant repair their bot in time.
I wanna see peter brock win the race, I don't care if its in a holden.
On the other side the argument against it could be made in terms of cost, there is something to stop somebody buying a win.
(Turning up with 10 Totally Offensives would probbly be less than cool if your bot building budget is $20)
Should there be a rule against having multiplle IBC's? I know most people out there couldnt/wouldnt afford 2. Does that give people who have 2, or can repair their own an unfair advantage?
IBC, Battery, Radio are all big ticket items and generally aer irreplacablle in a round.
Most of the rules coming into racing now are about making money less important, all the rules about engine lifes, number of tyres allowed etc, all there to make less of a difference between the teams with lotsa $$$ and say team cool green (private entry).
An argument based on that would be valid but i have NFI how one would do it.
What is Plan-F's Chassis worth? bout $60 or so.
Replacement IBC $300
Whats fairer to replace? _________________ Mechanical engineers build weapons, civil engineers build targets
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Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:48 am |
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DumHed
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 29 Jun 2004
Posts: 1219
Location: Sydney
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maybe we need a one make series
How 'bout everyone runs the same bot, based on a cheap design that's easy to repair, and all have pushy matches for ever!
The best thing about this type of sport is the innovation that is a part of each person's design.
The more rules there are the less innovation there can be, and the less interesting it is.
It's obviously disappointing to find other peoples' bots getting better while your own stays the same, but to keep up everyone really needs to work on constant improvements, or new bots to replace the old one.
Jolt's changed a lot as time goes on, but it's still essentially the same bot.
Cobra has become King Cobra, and is certainly very different, but the basic design philosophy is the same.
I tend to build a different bot for each event I end up going to, because I like to try new things, but once I find a design that works well I'd like to stick with it but try different weapon ideas and configurations - and still be a part of the same competition. _________________
The Engine Whisperer
- fixer of things
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Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:57 am |
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Nick
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 11802
Location: Sydney, NSW
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quote:
Jolt's changed a lot as time goes on, but it's still essentially the same bot.
LOL, I am always worried that someone will ask what happened to the pile of crap that competed at the first Annhilator . Since then, Jolt has changed from an EV to a Mag motor, had 3 types of wheels, 4 blades, 5 new chassis and run from 18 up to 24V.
But it's still the same bot!
I have decided that if I build an undercutter version, I will call it something else, even though it would essentially be Jolt turned upside down and with virtually all the same parts. _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
UK 2016 Gladiator champion
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Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:08 pm |
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