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Paul the limit is 100kg anything over that is overweight simple including with Co2
Mark it was 05, you attacked Tanto side on when i parked it the only moving going on was posistioning to be turned off, you got Tanto end on end and bent the front and back plates in, damaging 2 nicad packs the roboteq, and also bent the 5mm plates to the point where we had to remake the aluminium bulkheads over the winter.
Never been in the arena with you since then thats why
luckily the breaks in the nicad packs were across the terminals no cells were penitrated and didnt short, the roboteq was jus flattened out abit but the panels were bent beyond repair we hammered them flat but they jus snapped, so they need to be replaced
Damage in a fight is to be expected but once stu hits the cease button you dont attack anymore, id spent the fight pushing Beast and TAN around then Big Nipper did that,
Was not impressed at all thought better of big nipper
Edgehog was seriously battered at least 6 times by Thor after the cease in the UK champs, but we forgive them becuse were sure they never heard the cease... we barely did and we were stood closer to the shouting.
I know mistakes can happen, but wont comment further as I do not know what happened with Tanto.
In my opinion, Big nipper is right up there with Razer, and everyone Im sure knows how much I love that robot.
think we need a loud noise like when the pit opens. then it would resolve your problems. sure the event organisers can sort something out quite easily.
(Message edited by ady on December 12, 2007)
james i remember that and you are right i didnt hear cease be called. i didnt hear anything as i think most roboteers will agree there is a zone to which you enter and the world around you becomes a complete blank especially in full combat competition. i remember another fight where ripper was about to flip envy oota but i said to him please dont as it would damage the ram because it was broken at the time. so i forfeit the match. jonno then tried to do his party piece and flip over the pit but landed in it. after the fight i was protesting that jonno was in the pit before i was immobile for 30 seconds. completly forgot i forfeit the match. still jonno reminded me all too soon. :) big nipper is my favourite robot on the circuit and beat envy well at the champs :)
Having fights with the Nipper team in nearly all weightclasses I will say they are very good sports and would never deliberatly damage robots after a cease is called. I am 100% sure it was an accident.
the only problem i have with the big nipper guys is their robots are too good :lol:
You got a point there Adrian. :)
Big Nipper is probably the best in the country; it€™s made 3 out of 4 Robots Live! finals this year and is currently ranked as our number 1 seed. I remember seeing Nipper for the first time at one of our events several years ago, I think it was the fist time it had ever been out, and no-one believed it would work or be affective, how wrong we all were!
Ive lost count how many times theyve beat us but I always enjoy fighting them. They are one of the most sporting teams on the circuit, they actually gave us the ram that€™s in Merlin, also Alphas Ti and loads of other stuff, not too mention the advice.
Although I will point out, the reason Nipper is in bits in the photo on the first post, was due to Merlin :) Unfortunately they got their own back by popping our tyre in the following demo :sad:
They have never beaten Turbulence, only fought them 2 or 3 times though, and never since they restarted having two controllers. Nothing against Graeme, because I know how difficult it is driving and operating two weapon channels at the same time.