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Guys, am waiting on Farnborough to confirm arrival information and dont want to start sending info to you all in bits so will send out the final confirmation email tomorrow rather than a bit tonight and a bit tomorrow.
Ed
http://www.extremefightingmachines.comhttp://www.extremefightingmachines.com
That B-1B is a monster. The noise on take off is nothing short of sheer Terror.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5186596.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5186596.stm
Anyone want to put it through its paces in the name of science? :proud:
For heavens sake dont let John clap eyes on that thing..
It may well weigh 180Kg but I still cant see that stopping him challenging the European Space Agency to Stick it in the arena if you think its hard enough!
(Plus I dont fancy a bill for £410M!!) :uhoh:
It has a 2 year trip of at least 36m miles to get there and has to negotiate the martian landscape and everything else it comes across........
Yeah! Its a picnic compared to what it could encounter within 2 secs inside the XFM arena - a black spinny thing racing towards it could be the last thing seen through that webcam it carries :proud:
All ready to go with slightly revised machine coming out at a startling 11.7kg
Revisions are replaced front armour and homemade linear actuator for the claw instead of direct rotary drive. Ill record a test video this afternoon but wont get it online till after the weekend.
Ill only be playing in the cadet class with this machine - its a fragile thing :)
See you all there
550 miles and 2 and 1/2 days later....
Really enjoyed that. Rach is so shattered shes still in bed, but I just wanted to thank Ed and the XFM crew and attending roboteers for a really enjoyable weekend.
It will be a while now until we can make it to another, but look forward to our next one whenever that may be.
Are there any videos online?
Good event, How come every time i retire a G3, it wins? Ill get some pics and vids on later.
48 Photos: http://www.teammad.co.uk/farnborough.htmhttp://www.teammad.co.uk/farnborough.htm
The last photo is of Ed trying out a new job.