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Spockie-Tech
Site Admin
Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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wouldnt those tin side-walls at the marayong arena need to be beefed up a bit ?
Personally I dont think ICE bots are that great an idea..
Sure, they're loud and scary, which is good
but if you take into account..
The weight and cost of a clutch system required to keep it from stalling,
The likelyhood of the carburettor, fuel tank and oil (if not a two stroke) to all end up on the floor (and the engine stop), the moment you get inverted,
The safety issues of refueling in the pits and damage-fires in the arena
The remote-shutdown system/failsafe and throttle control requirements
and the likelyhood that people will just use them to build more powerful dodgily made bar-spinners (what else do you use an ICE for ?) that will do huge amounts of damage for a fight or two then destroy themselves without finishing the comp.
then they dont look like such good fun anymore, I know the idea of having that much power on tap is probably initially exciting, but do you really want to turn the game into lawn-mower wars ? _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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