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Assuming there would be another event in Edinburgh (or Scotland for that matter) next year, I'd definitely try to get one built for then. Even if there isn't, I might aim to build one next year anyway just to have something a bit heavier to show off to friends and family :P
Also just found an electric wheelchair on eBay sitting at £1 with two days remaining. I'd be tempted if it didn't involve a trip down to Shropshire.
Looked that up and saw another wheelchair with a great bit in the description, even if the grammar is a bit ropey, its stuff funny that he thought of thisQuote:
Originally Posted by k_c_r
robot wars this ones for you lol could make a mega robot out of this but again a bit good really.
Let's do a straight word I mouth thing:
Question: who owns or would be willing to build a middleweight?
Team Scotland will get back to you on that one :lol:
If I remember right Middleweights still require the same arena build quality as heavyweights do they not? The energy involved with spinning weapons can exceed that of some heavyweights so if they where also banned within the weight class it would boil down to flippers, pushers and a few axe bot's similar to what the heavyweights have. I believe your better off just building a heavyweight and having more variety and more competitors in the heavyweight class.
Costs less? maybe not, most people will want Hardox shells, more powerful motors and bigger speedos. Cost of building a robot during the days of Robot Wars and now has changed so much, it's mainly specialist equipment and parts these days.
I spent this afternoon looking through our spare bits and it looks like we've got enough stuff to build one (or even two) middleweights.
If I am able to build one it won't be until after my exams are finished (at the beginning of June).
Here's what I came across while looking through our spares.
2x Wheelchair motors, gearboxes and wheels
Low Pressure ram (roughly 80mm bore)
enough stuff for a pneumatics system (regulator, valve, PRV, dump etc...)
Batteries (Maelstrom's spares)
Sidewinder
Couple of 600g CO2 bottles (featherweight spares)
Looks like we have all the basics for a middleweight.
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Photo0403.jpg
If more people build one then we may end up getting one going
I do really think we can get this class going. And I for one will build a middle in time :)
I kinda feel I sparked off this class again :lol:
If I knew middleweights were coming back I wouldn't of let my dad scrap phoenix :P
looks like not too bad a machine that will :)
I think we're probably gonna throw something together. Try and do it for the event in Edinburgh. if we're the only middleweight there then fair nuf, it probably won't fight, no biggy. Plus I like the added pressure that's gonna require an A-team style build over a few weekends to throw it all together :)
In time im most certainly going to build a middleweight :)
im tempted to throw my hat into the ring here, i kinda feel like i want to help Team Scotland (as i am actually Scottish :uhoh:) but seeing as i live in London that looks a bit unlikely :rofl: so, Team England anybody? lol, and if i had some wheelchair motors i would defo build something, its just not likely to win anything :uhoh:
I'll go with team England if you want? :)
Brits vs Scots a good battle to watch
oh go on then, team england ftw :)
sounds like a lovely piece of crumpet :proud:Quote:
Originally Posted by harry hills
oh and i still need your mobile :/
I'm going for team Tractor Boyz. We who live in the fields!
jack: i will send you my moblie number when i work out what it is
bring on the teacakes!!
None of these middleweights have event been built and we Scots are already no longer classed as British :lol: . I originally said Team Scotland just because of the locality of Gary, Jamie and I making it practical to do something, but if you wanna make it that way we'll be happy to put one over on the auld enemy :twisted:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hard Time
I'll try and come up with somesort of ruleset then. How do people think about not allowing hardox, Ti (or any speacialist metals) seeing as there won't be spinners?
i say people should ask if people mind before they do, does anybody mind if i put ti here.... and if people say no then they cant
That sounds good, that way it keeps it very even and experienced builders won't dominate the weight class
I can understand banning ti, but maybe limiting thickness of Hardox would be better than banning it, it seems to have become a fairly standard armour type over the years.
Also, a Calcutta Cup replica made of Hardox to the winner :lol:
Umm I'm gonna vito the hardox one right away if i'm involved in making a kinectic energy axe! One of the few materials I can use that will stand up to the abuse involved and allow me to protect both the internals of the bot and the external audience if anything goes wrong with it. HDPE ain't so great at what i have in mind :P
External armour wise for the rest of the bot I have no problem in dropping hardox out of the equation
I think if they can get some proper rules drawn up then I think this class could really take off :)
Yeah, so far there seems to be a few, Team Scotland, Team England? Craig's one, Will's one, my one :uhoh:, Maxus, Voodoo chile? (i think calum has that now but i could be wrong) and the one Robots Live own
Looking good!
by the end of the year i would love to see a middleweight fight at robots live :)
Naah not the end of the year, get it done for RL Edinburgh like us :D
i would but the trouble is in 300 miles from you lot :lol:
standard distance for any event! Even if there is no competition for it at the edinburgh event, then i think we will still try and build one for it. See if we can't inspire a few people to throw something together from spare parts.
we need a build diary or at least some photos :)
Will be a few weeks before we start the build, Uni exams etc getting in that way of that a bit. But i suspect it will be thrown together fairly quickly so there possibly wont be many photos. Maybe the odd test run or something.
suppose we could take them at the end of each day of build. All depends on if we have a camera handy or not.
If Jamie's there there will probably be a camera close by
I've decided I'm not going to bother with my axe featherweight for RL Edinburgh (I'm not 100% happy with the design, keep changing things and ideally need to make my workshop before I make it). Instead I'm just going to focus on making Carcinus and repairing Drumroll, so I should have more time to dedicate to a Team Scotland middle :)
And I usually have a camera handy :wink:
EDIT: Tony beat me to it!
awesome. Realised that i can get boner running for a featherweight comp (minus the drum of course :cry: ). Think I'd best let my parents know that there may be a couple more joining them for a crazy build session in a few weeks time :rofl:
Shame you wont manage your feather but it is good news for us. First call of business will be working out how those ESCs work :lol: . I'll try testing them today and see if I can manage it without the manuals.
Not sure if the electric lifter on Cicatrix will be done for Edinburgh if we are doing all this stuff for the middle, but if not i'll just add some chunks of metal to the front to bring it right up to the weight limit
I think a middle weight fight might be on the card for Edinburgh at this rate :)
All going well we will be there with one anyway, but as Gary said, I don't know if there will be an opponent.
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Alan said earlier than his middleweight wont be ready