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And we will be camping.
Hello everybody
spaces are filling up now, if you have a robot that you want to enter please sign up as soon as possible please. All teams signed up so far have been sent an email regarding confirmation of their position pending payment of entry fee and robot drivers names. Please let us know who will be driving your machine(s) first and then we will send out payment requests.
If Anybody is having trouble with PAt testing please let me know.
Thanks guys!
OK....PAT testing. Before we know it we will be looking like Bob the Builder with our hard hats, ear protectors, safety goggles, steel toe-caps, and high vis. jackets.We will be sucking breath through our teeth and tutting ! All children will be banned and we will all have a 6 page risk assessment to complete. We will all have to go on a three day course to prove that we are competant using tools ; day 1 - am - how to use a hammer and on the last day - first aid and what to do in the event of being attacked by a plague of locusts. Joking ?!....no Im not, cause thats how things are in the real world these days. So, as Bob would say Safety First !:lol:
Just a thought, can you not arrange for a local PAT tester to come out and test and issue certificates on the day for teams and equipment then split the cost. Teams could also get other additional equipment PAT tested for future use.
I would like to just re-state that the requirement for pat testing is not for us, we find it more of a pain than you guys do trust me. we have looked into every option possible even hiring a pat tester to come on the day which i was quoted £595 plus vat! We have had to invest in pat testing equiptment to help both us and you guys. I would prefer all teams to be tested before the event please otherwise it may cause problems and delays on the day.
As I mentioned above, I will be at Stoke and possibly Aylesbury doing PAT testing for roboteers signed up for the featherweight UK championships. After some discussion we have come to the conclusion that we will do FREE testing for people who have signed up for the event.
Just under a month to go till this event now and the tingles of excitement have started! :)
I weighed Drumroll with all the parts in it (minus wires, connectors, top panel etc) and even with its new hardox wedge at the back, the darn thing is only coming in at 11.5kg! Might add several layers of paint to it to up the weight :)
Hows everyone elses robots shaping up for what should be an awesome event? And who do we think is going to go home with the top prize?
My moneys on a spinner this year (hopefully mine! :lame:)
(Message edited by K_C_R on April 29, 2008)
Whirlpool is in good condition with just the spinner armour to fit, this will be done this weekend hopefully.
Aftershock is still in bits but rebuild is going well and should be completed this weekend.
Aftershock was running really well before the weight rebuild so I hope it still works :)
I think that a flipper or spinner will win , my money is on either Beauty, Little Flipper or Hornet (or Aftershock:proud:)
i dont bet
but LJ does and he always losses
And let the trash talking begin! :)
There are going to be some wishing that the weight limit was still 12kg :)
I havent a hope in hell of winning this, but I wanna go out in a blaze of glory, so I reall hope I fight a spinner. I know Satanix stands up pretty well.
Whats the state of play with Hells Angel Dave? Ive seen various pictures of it over the year with more parts being added to the weapon. Is it close to having a working axe yet?
i dont think beauty will win - but beauty 2 might :P
big nipper team have a good chance and one of there bots might win it this time
think it could be a spinner winning but us flippers will stop that
The axe has worked once under true control, and its now broken beyong repair. Freakin Typical!
Hells Angel Evilution is in progress, watch this space, or alternatively, watch my website:
http://thedavidleague.tripod.com/teamhellhttp://thedavidleague.tripod.com/teamhell
No spinner for us this year :sad: so I hope a spinner doesnt win :) Although we still have the 7.5HP brushless motor waiting for one.
Why wont Little Spinner be competing this year Mark? Not that Im complaining about one less horizontal spinner of course, especially when youve got two very capable machines to enter in its place, but it surely would be a top contender? (unless its bar is still broken from Christmas :))
Not in a good state, we were going to build another just not done it in time and yes the bar is still broke :sad:
360 will be running this time hopefully :) did some work on it today (wheel guards and battery box lol) and the new speedos for the disc should be here any day now. Im going to start work on the selfwrighter on monday hopefully aswell :) Dont care if i win, i just want to smash some people up :)
poor people. i would rather see you smash other robots dude :)
wondering if anyone ca lend me a spectrum again?
thought id ask now so there is plenty of time to sort it
thanks alex
alex, RX or TX or both?
well if you have both thats great but, i think Matt can lend me the tx so i definatly need the rx
can you help Adrian
thanks alex
if you dont find a rx, i have one spare i can bring, i should be going (work permitting, will know in a week or so) if you dont get sorted out b4 hand.
grant, signed up!
alex, i will be coming so come find me for the rx(just look for the single toothed horizontal spinner and i wont be far away)
but please make sure my rx is well protected with all these axes and that around :lol:
lol LH went through ours at the weekend
dont say that!, alex i have some spare bits of titanium for you to borrow :lol:
(Message edited by promo_robots on May 07, 2008)
we have a gap at the top of beauty but will be covered up from now on!
john, depending on the draw, perhaps i can make a few more gaps on the day lol.
come on john the events only a couple of weeks away shall we start the banter this week or next :lol:
lol i havent got a clue what to say :sad:
but we will start next week lol
ok john, remember we are the kings of banter lol
we will be camping
Ive entered Venom in this as its last event before my new machine comes out to play. hope i dont get it mashed... i need it for work arggh!
wouldnt want to see it get mashed either!, perhaps you should fit a chicken out button, im sure with the robots competing this year 1 or 2 would welcome it (myself included):lol:
is the new machine the one i saw at yours a while back (the fw) would love to see that working
Theres Predator (thats the one you saw) and another im designing at the moment.
I think Venom is still competetive enough to win the UK champs.
Oh great, I just sort out Whirlpools new anti- spinner protection and you enter venom:wink:
I had better design an anti-crusher weapon now as well.
It is still in better shape than aftershock though (its still in loads of bits) but it will be getting reassembled tomorrow.
I look forward to flipping a few out of the arena this time. :proud:
Will there be a list of entrys online soon???
Will
http://www.teamshock.4mg.comwww.teamshock.4mg.com
im testing out some new anti spinner armour also for my daughters fw, rubber blocks used on hgv trailers, i have fitted some to an old chassis to see what happens when i hit it with my spinner.
Drumroll is still in bits at the moment too - had my first exam today, got another one next Thursday, then its off home for a weeks hard graft to get it in tip-top condition
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(then Ill probably wake up and realise it was all a dream :sad:)
(Message edited by K_C_R on May 08, 2008)
my dads so stupid
burnt a little hole in my finger!
beauty 3 is going to be good tho cant wait to flip everyone out!!!!!!!!!!!!! woooooooooo
no LJ i carnt its mine all mine ;)