Then you would looooooove antweights James.
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Then you would looooooove antweights James.
A mildly silly statement James. Power and stiffness to weight ratios for drives and weapons, smaller chassis and panel sizes etc will always give an advantage to the lighter weight categories in the ways mentioned. Set against this is the sheer size and impact of the bigger machines, which audiences enjoy. In many ways I do regard feathers as the most sensible weight category for a number of reasons, certainly from a builders point of view- manageable cost and weight being the major ones along with the greater creativity and experimentation that makes possible compared to heavies. Most fans, I suspect, still prefer heavyweights.
notice i said And so arnt as enjoyable for me personally to watch
im not stating what i think audiences like, simply my personnal preference. In my oppinion Featherweights are the F1 robot combat. every type of weapon are really being pushed to their limits. Think of Flow as a flipper, LS2, LF3, Ploughbot, Basher, 360. All are pushing the limits with what can possably be done in a featherweight and that for me is more exciting. im sure many will agree.
For me I€™m putting the halo back on The Saint, there is only going to be one suitable venue I will be able to travel to, this may only happen this year and I only get to use it once in one fight and hardly get a hit. But I have always wanted to run HW spinners.
I like heavies the other classes of machines are good and featherweight robots are the best compromise for cost and practicality. But the heavy weight robots are the ones I like to use most, and I think the heavies are the ones people pay their ten pounds to see! But I could be wrong