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and another floor related issue that maybe of interest.
If all arenas were low grip, would pushers still have an advantage? i believe so.
maybe we should look at possible benefits of slippy floors? such as safety (harder to get to top speed in the distance) reliability (harder to blow motors as wheels spin easily) and challenge (robots are trickier to control)
just an idea to improve the shows?
Im already powersliding on the Roaming robots floor with my feather, I dont need more slippery surfaces.
Slippy floors no thanks Baromot all ready spins its wheels on all existing arena floors
Not a good idea methinks, you need the grip for a good show - youve just got to build your machine for it. The current arenas are hardly grippy at all, especially with all the dust and rubbish that covers them half the time when theyre not brushed down and could be grippier.
You may want the slip for pay-to-drives but save it for them only (and if you do use ultra slippery wheels/floors for pay-to-drives the control is pretty sh*t, not that youd care obviously)
Ploughbot spins on fast turns in every arena i have been in, and so slippery floors would be a big no. Our pay-to-drives arena uses the same floor(slightly thinner plywood) than our large arena, and the same types of coating and they still run for a very long time with reasonable wheels on them so they drive fairly easily.
Our Kits are two wheel drive and so the batteries are not as effected as 4wheel robots would be.
Maybe have diffrent floor panels, some with more grip and others that are super slippy, like the ones surrounding the pit lol.
great idea