Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

i can see why people are annoyed, i do wonder why the event is being held alongside the drag racing though, i think we would be doing silverline a favour as without the robot event, they wouldnt get as many entries. im just glad their is a full combat fw arena on the scene, if i had to pay £50 a year to use this arena, i would be happy to pay it, as i imagine the costs of fabricating and maintaining a full combat arena must be higher, but also as it is the only time to get into a full combat arena. But im not really 100 % happy building something i dont wanna build or have little interest in, know nothing about, or have the time to build tbh, i would rather just pay a fee, Im doing it simply because i want to use their arena, and you never know i may enjoy the drag racing. :wink:

the same as if another eo said they would build a full combat arena providing we would pay an annual fee for the privileage of using it,I would be happy to pay it.
but i do sympathize with anyone on a tight budget/low income.
whenever i have been to a event i havent had to pay to enter,Robochallenge,RL or RR events, trophies,my wife and daughter have had free entry to walk around the space centre and so on.... free food, upclose pics of razer, terrohurtz etc... to meet the guys from the tv days, free drinks, and prize money at the end, cant be bad really.. thats why i have always gone out my way to help pack/tidy up.... usually only when i havent had to leave early! :lol:

I was thinking of converting my old 240v 4 grinder (I need a new one anyway) but the design I was thinking of would mean using the outside edge of one of the wooden sides of the track. so it was like a mono rail. :?
Is this allowed and if so can I ask how the track sides are held together? If they have plates holding them together then this may fowl the racer mechanism. :?: :!:

Craig already asked this one. You aren't allowed walls riders.

Thanks that€™s my plan out of the window. :sad: :sad:

I have just tried an old 75mm (Tron type wheel) on the grinder the centrifugal force was enough to separate the tyre from the hub!!! :blush:
I think I will have to work on a gripping solid type wheel. Any ideas as I thing the winner will be the guy with the best traction. :idea:
No saw blades. :shock: :shock:

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What happens if you dont want to build a drag tool.... ( i dont really ).. cant you attend the event?

Ok Answered ! Its a No then.

However.. I asked before....

There's a £4000 prize fund, biggest since robot wars, I thought initially I heard this was for the drag tools... is any now being put towards the robots, unless i misread, it only says trophies for robots.???


In Summary.. Am I correct.

You have to build a drag racer even if you dont want to.
You have to Pay £10 to enter.
There wont be any audience, just roboteers.
Theres no prize money for the Tag team Championships.

I think im with Leo on this one.

John

ooh, didnt realise their is no audience. :sad:

There is an audience, just we are not involved with, or making any money from people entering the haynes motor museum where we'll be situated.

There wont be any money for the tag team champs, although we are working on getting some worthwhile prizes. As of yet we cant promise anything, which is why that is not currently advertised.

cool that will do me, cant wait :proud:

I dont really see a problem. Ill be happy to build one. Dont look at it as having to go to the trouble of building a power tool dragster just to take part in a Robo Challenge event. We are entering a PTDR event and the tag champs is a bit of fun on the side.
Im looking forward to it.

Hi Guys

just got back from a nice weekend away, nice to read this topic and see the different veiws. thanks for voicing them as we now get to understand everybodies oppinions.

Lets just make all clear so people understand exactly the situation and can then decide weather they wish to enter.

- PTDR has been funded and run by Silverline tools for the past 4 years.
- There are usally around 10-15 entries each year in the non ridden catagory. The best of them being ourselfves, John ried, His team mate nick & Ian Lewis.
- Silverline made a decision last year that they want to invest and make this sport a 'big deal'.
- We designed and built the new drag racing system for them.
- We are contracted to run x amount of events and promote the sport to the roboteers specificly.
- The event in september at the haynes motor museum is the biggest of the year and has lots of things to see including the PTDR. The gadget show filmed last year and will be making an entry again this year. We will be on TV :D



We thought what better way to attract roboteers to enter than to host an event there, plus we all get to have another full combat event! :D By doing this we will use up all our budget and will not make any money :( . We could quite happily just put a thread about it on the forum and hand some flyers out to you guys as we would make money and it would be a heck of a lot easier. However we thought you guys would love a nice 2 day event with camping especially when we chucked together our dragster in literally an hour. The stock catagory just needs the plug changing and a stabiliser!

This is The Silverline Power Tool Drag Racing event but weve managed to get our event in as a bonus. Ive twisted silverlines arm so they are paying for our hall hire aswell. Also im trying to get them to provided some tools for people that cannot afford to make a dragster, even though if you think, relitive to just the fuel to get there its cheap. Il keep you updated about this.

We cant afford to give away prize money for the Tag Team Champs as just hosting the event uses up all the budget. As jonno will know putting on events cost big bucksand lots of hard work. The prize money is provided by silverline & as stated, is for the PTDR.

So a round up....

£10 and a couple of hours work gets you...

A weekend of full combat competition in a the Robo Challenge arena!
A weekend of power tool drag racing!
Prize money totaling £4k plus trophies!
Entry into the Haynes Motor Museum.

Thats a pretty good deal and i think silverline have been very generous to provided people with which such a great new oppertunity. As someone said earlier this isnt a complusery event like the FW champs, its because we enjoy full combat :proud: .... But if you would prefer us to print out some flyers do let me know... :lame: