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Do i just bring my £10 along with me? Any luck on campsites, i had a quick search there was one about a mile away but was an adult only, and probably wouldnt like us lot disrupting the peace! If not i'll crash at Davids. Hopefully i will have my new toy to play with by then as well.
i think you have to make out a cheque for the £10 to robochallenge or something like that, not totally sure though.
Were just sorting out some final details regarding camping and payment etc, so we'll be putting more details up about those very soon.
What sort of times/speeds were the dragsters getting last year?
Final top speeds werent recorded last year, we have just finished developing the new system with will show your final top speeds.
The average speed for the modified class was about 2.5-3 seconds on a 16m (approximate) length track. If you could get in the low 2's or below you were extreamly quick.
We have thrown away the old track and built a new one thats now much longer, with adjustable feet so there wont be any bumps or curves in the track so top speeds should hopefully be much quicker.
ive always wanted to build a power tool racer , as soon as an old angle grinder comes my way , im in :)
1st test of our small destructive dragster on 24 foot track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTn1N1hNVxM
Grr i can't see the video :(
Looks like its got some potential!!!
One thing i would suggest though is widening the front to keep it in a really straigh tline down the track. Bouncing around will slow it down alot :proud:
Graeme will put some piano wire loops at the front and back, hopefully will stop it. In the vid it doesn't sound like it but there were cushions to stop it at the end, it just missed them and hit an aluminium plate.
Now for making the serious one with 2 angle grinders :)