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Spockie-Tech
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Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Originally posted by original_carnage:
the usable internal size will be 3.5m wide by 5m long - is this big enough or should we not bother ?
6mm thick polycarb screens, the arena will be lightweight spinner proof,
Looks like I'll have an arena in my backyard before I have a bot bigger than an ANT !!
Any Arena is better than no arena.. 3.5m x 5m gives you 17.5sqM of space, that should be ok for one-on-one action, might get a little tight in a rumble or if the Rotwang bots show up.. (Gary has been building the biggest bots size wise so far.)
6mm polycarb is not generally considered thick enough for lightweight spinners.. 10-12mm seems to be the standard for them. it might cope for a while when people are just starting out, but as soon as someone goes and builds a pro-level lightweight spinner with mag-motors or similair, you will feel pretty nervous behind just 6mm. I'd suggest staying with feathers unlessyou can afford 10mm or you want to have to disqualify someone because they were too good..
In any case, its good to see someone putting together another Arena, Where abouts in Qld were you located again ? I think Qld has lagged a bit behind the other states in the sport growing because only Andrew (Vertex) has a place to play, and hes miles from everywhere.. _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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