damn - just remembered i have a footy presentation on sat lol
might have to leave abit early so make my fights early lol
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damn - just remembered i have a footy presentation on sat lol
might have to leave abit early so make my fights early lol
Its plywood gary.
LJ what time do you need to leave?
erm
well iv just put the postcodes into multimap and its 55 mins away from walsall but my house is on the way so i think around 6 o clock
i spoke to my manager and he said it starts at 7 but wont no til few days
do you know yet what fights would be within the 6-7 time period?
it wont be a problem if i am in that time slot as theres a few skillful drivers ill be able to ask to win for me lol
Tom Kane?
Hey Tom, U entering with Mini-Kan?
u going tom?
Well this time next week itll all be over. The UK feather champs 2008 will have been done and dusted and Ill have just woken up after a long drive back the day before. Itll be a nice feeling to wake up to the 1st place trophy sitting in my room :proud:
Drumrolls coming together now; a few holes to drill, a few bolts/nuts to fix on, a couple of tensioners in place for the belts and a load of wiring and itll all be ready to go :)
Lol wish I was so lucky. Got a good few long nights ahead of me this week!
Actually yeah, reading that list it makes it sound like a quick five minutes here and there will see it done, but that work will probably take me right up to Thursday night. Were leaving about 1.30pm on the Friday so I wont have as much time for customary panic-building as I normally do on the day we leave, so need to make sure I get it all done before :)
I may come if my judging expertise is needed, but i might just come anyway. But wont be entering a robot.
Ill drive for ya LJ but ill have to retire my judging job if im wanted for a judge that is!
we will see how the draw ends up on the day
ill c u there tom but if u drive u have to win lol
naturally
For people camping, the address is -
Hill Farm Camping & Caravan Park
Hill Farm, Moor Lane, Barrow-on-Trent
Derby
DE73 7HZ (some say DE737HZ) but they should both take you to the same place.
As said before, The campsite is booked and will be paid for on the Friday and saturday nights, A couple of people are planning to stop the sunday, but that will cost £6 per tent/caravan that night.
Im looking forward to the event now, and ploughbot hasnt even been looked at yet!
Lol you gonna be building PB at the event again? :)
Whos bringing the TV for the monaco grand prix? Also eurovision Sat night :P
and ricky hattons fighting
but on box office and ill be missing it :sad:
Eurovisions gay.
360 spins and drives now :)
What kind of 1d10t watches TV when you can have a gathering with friends ?
Follow our glorious example: chuck that TV out and live a happier richer life !
even more embarrassment............and stilton doughnuts.........
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Trev
I propose an official petition for Trev to change MMMs name to Lunatic Death Toaster...sounds much better in my view. :proud:
Dave,
Eurovision is an institution. Who can forget the classic songs like Granny Bangs the Drum. I also have no idea where you get the idea its gay with songs like this in it :mrgreen::
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8LgQdBvXEchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8LgQdBvXEc
Andy
Ok, Well sign ups are now CLOSED - and the draw has been done.
We can now announce who has signed up, and who will be fighting who. There are some interesting fights!
Heat A - Sting vs Annihilation vs Phsyco Fling
Heat B - Push n Shove vs Plofbox2 vs LF3
Heat C - Hornet 2 vs Alpha vs Basher!
Heat D - Cyberon vs Satanix vs Drumroll
Heat E - Tuff Luck 2 vs Tuff Luck vs Hannibalito 1
Heat F - Tiny Toon vs Wedgie vs Whirlpool
Heat G - Ironside vs TTT vs Aftershock
Heat H - LH2 vs DB5 vs Block of Wood
Heat I - Prodigy Evo vs Dizzy Tilly vs Hannibalito 3
Heat J - Surprize vs Beauty 2 vs 360
Heat K - PloughBot Evo vs Explosion vs Hello Dave
Heat L - Mr Happy vs Miss Scorpion Tilly vs Critical Damage
Heat M - Miny Mighty Mouse vs Venom vs Beauty 3
Battle Format
Round 1 - 3 way mellees. 2 Robots from each heat will go through to the next round. The loosing robots wil go into 1 of 2 loosers mellees to get an extra 2 robots through. 28 Robots into next round.
Round 2 - 1 on 1 fights, winner goes through. Loosers mellee, 1 robot goes through to the next round.
Round 3 - 1 on 1 fights with winners go through to the Quarter finals.
Round 4 - Quarter Finals - 1 on 1 fights, 4 robots go through to the Semis.
Round 5 - Semi Finals - 1 on 1 fights and the 2 winners will go straight to the final.
3rd/4th Place Play-off.
Round 6 - Grand Finals - The last 1 on 1 fight of the competition, one winner!
Good Luck to all!! See you at the weekend
venom will have fun
hmm 360 :P not sure who surprize is?
looking good. heats C & I will be close ones.
Ive got a hard heat too i think. Current champ that beat me in the final, brand new super flipper and a 6 year old tried and tested machine :) looking forward to it! should be close
If its the same Surprise as before, it is John Frizells machine; drills, nicads and 30mm wood armour if I remember rightly
EDIT: Only just noticed two Beautys will be there - no fair! :P
Oh, and Im bringing a haggis down with me; Saturday night snack at the campsite. Anyone who resists will be force-fed it :lol:
(Message edited by K_C_R on May 21, 2008)
ye thats what iv heard jamie - should be fun against a spinner!
james you should be fine - beauty 3 hasnt been fully tested yet and atm its wheels are not covered!!
Typical - Ironside built to take on spinners - and gets to fight 2 flippers.
good can you please keep it that way :P
hehe
my dad wants to but now theres no way im going to let him lol
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thats a picture of the neat and tidy inside lol gonna have to cage them wheels in though and then the only thing you can get is the bottle but you aint going to be able to get to the back :P
jonno
your batterys are nice and hidden to! haha
I hope not to sustain much damage in the first round melee, my first thoughts were Easy draw but two pushers could gang up on me :sad:
However Drumroll should have enough firepower to progress, I hope.
Looking forward to the weekend now! :)
Tuff Luck and Tuff Luck 2. Not the best draw for me. Well see how it goes.
Good thing we put that remote controlled shaped charge in Prodigy Evos clutch when we delivered it. :rofl:
And with dizzy Tilly in there also it will be a good test for my armour I think.
Well ploughbots just been looked at and i think i need to make a whole new lifter/selfrighter. I Best get started!
hello dave is comming along quite well. Still disapointed that I dont have a weapon but I guess my drive is just a bit stupid.
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2.3kg each 300 watt motor
1.2 kg 3.7 amp 24v pack nicad
1.3 kg wotty 360
and bloody .375 inch sprocket drive.
Ohh and all the 12mm nylon isnt light either.
and im only around 400 grams over weight with everything
(Message edited by Marc0 on May 21, 2008)
Just gone through all the robots categorising the weapons to see how much diversity this competition will have:
14 Pushers
10 Flippers
5 Vertical Spinners
4 Horizontal Spinners
3 Lifters
2 Axes
1 Crusher
So many bloomin flippers and pushers about :lame:
Cmon people - build some spinners :)
quote:
but I guess my drive is just a bit stupid
Ill say! Its only got one side to it! That is a bit stupid :proud:
Ill get my coat :uhoh:
Theres 9 spinners and 10 flippers, Id say thats pretty equal.
Come on people, build more Crushers and Axes. :)
ye we need more axes - i think there the best weapon to have as well - thought there would be more about
The problem is that its very hard to make an effective FW axe, thats there have been many attempts but not many that have work very effectivly. Thats why i think LH2 is so good!
Basher should be a good contender too - Hornet better watch his Mag :proud:
Oh yeah Leo, I forgot to add the spinners together :P
One of these days Ill get my crusher built, but with the weight limit increase it might be harder to cause any decent damage with a crusher, especially one with only 400kg of crush :S