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Spockie-Tech
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Vic: Model Engineers Exhibition Oct 2006
We have just received an invite from the Melbourne Society of Model Engineers to display at their big exhibition at Monash Uni again.
Last time we did this, it was a very enjoyable weekend.. Most of the other exhibitors are more the older trains/planes/boat craftsmen type guys, so having some of the "wilder side" of model engineers (crazy robot builders) there was a real buzz for them I think.. definitely a hit with the younger visitors, some of who'm camped in front of our stand watching the videos for about 6 hours..
Its not until 30 September - 1 October 2006 (Saturday & Sunday), (Hey, thats not near the annihlator date is it ?) so no hurry, and I dont know if we will have the Arena there or not yet (they're talking to their committee about that), but just letting you all know. Any thoughts/questions on the msmee show ?
Things are quiet down here in Vic at the moment. Seems everyone is busy doing other things at the moment. Cars, Planes, Work etc.
Is anyone out there itching to organise other combat event just yet ? I'm hoping Danny (Rye) would get his arena together soon, but no word yet. _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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Spockie-Tech
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Joined: 31 May 2004
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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The MSMEE Engineers RoboWars Exhibition Stand has been confirmed, so I thought I'd see if we can get a bit of a plan together as to who is going to exhibit their machines and when..
Its a 2-day event, 9-5 Sat, and 10-5 Sun, the 30th of Sep and the 1st of Oct, at Monash Uni. More details here. http://www.msmee.org/
We would like at least 2 people manning the stand over the weekend to keep an eye on the machines, answer questions and talk to people, so an idea of who can commit to a session on the stand would be good.
I'll bet Sunday morning wont be popular spot, so I'll put my hand up for that, but I'll likely be around most of the time anyway. Its a great show to have a look around at, so come and plug the sport and have a bo-peep.
We will most likely (working that out at the moment) have a small (4m2) floor area where Demo-drives and testing/practice can occur, so if you want to show off your bot you will be able to. We probably arent going to setup the Polycarb walls, so no KE weapon operations please.
Also, we want to keep the stand looking reasonably nice, so lets keep pit-operations to a minimum. No tools, parts, battery chargers etc scattered around.. Be aware that any 240v gear requires electrical test tags.
Printing out a nicely presented easy-to-read A4 "Info Page" for your Robot would be a nice touch. Name, Design type, Tech-Details (motors, Batteries, etc), Combat record, Action Pics etc.
I'll bring a TV and video's along. Neweyn, if you'd like to have a go at capturing the BattleBots Tapes on your DVD recorder, this could be a good opportunity to do so. Dont forget your tag (I'm sure that wont be a problem for you. )
If we get too many Robots for our table space (we have a pretty large area, so it shouldnt be too squishy), we may put some "on rotation" and they can be stored under the table, or in the back of gary's van, so if you want to bring your bot along, exhibit it for a few hours, or just 1 day, let us know so we can figure a bit of a plan and make sure we dont have everyone wanting to exhibit at the same time..
Oh, they had a nice dinner for the exhibitors last year. I forget if it was saturday or the sunday night, but it was good food and a nice socialise, so if everyone wants to show up for a bit of a builders meeting and some planning on what we have in mind for the future, this would be a good opportunity. Only 4 weeks to go !
So who's in ? _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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