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original_carnage
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 12 Jul 2004
Posts: 326
Location: Toowoomba(ish), travel to Brisbane
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Thanks guys.
I really don't mind paying for the concrete myself (approx. $500 for 3 cubic meters + $150 for gravel underlay & compaction of underlay).
With Marto (and family) providing the side/wall protection - which we could move to another arena if needed, the only other major cost is the polycarb sheet.
The idea is to have 2 viewing/bot control areas inside the shed. The origional idea was to get one sheet of poly and cut it in half - length ways. This will give us 2 screens approx. 2.4m long each.
This means the cost will be the $200 for the sheet plus freight from Melbourne, at a guess $30 to $80.
Pits will be in a seperate shed with benches, power, water and some tools available... there is also toilets, off-street parking, a shop within 5 minutes walk and camping space if needed (and a local pub too). Power, water, etc costs really don't matter so I don't need (nor want) $$'s for such...
If at some point a bot "lets go" big time and damages the arena, maybe some help to fix it would be o.k. but I really don't require some fee for people to use the arena.
(Look at it this way - this is the first RC sport I've been involved with that doesn't require me to drive to Brisbane every few weeks. As a result of this, I'll have enough in my "hobby budget" to maintain the arena and build/maintain my bots)
The Toowoomba arena (or "House of Carnage" as I've been calling it) will be open for use 8am to 8pm,7 days to anyone who wants it. The sooner it is built, the sooner we can all do full throttle testing, etc.
So, just some help with the polycarb would be great guys _________________ There is no such thing as excessive carnage.
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Wed Sep 29, 2004 11:35 am |
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