Hobbyweights anyone?

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Mr Stu

Good morning chaps, let the bickering begin... :)

Hello!
Im a roboteer from Austria, and i read this thrend about the Hobbyweigths.
The German Roboteer Assosiation (GRA) has invented a class called Raptors in this weigth (5,44 kg). Nearly the same discussion about weightlimits occured before. In my opinion, its more interesting for beginners to build Raptors than Ants, the fight is more spectacular. This is also importaint for visitors.
In january we had the first little event in this weightclass in Bochum. If you want to see two little movies of these fights look at: http://www.team-crashlab.com/DreamHC/Seite38.htmlhttp://www.team-crashlab.com/DreamHC/Seite38.html
(http://www.team-crashlab.comhttp://www.team-crashlab.com - this is my homepage, where you can also find my three 5,44kg-bots and a gallery of some other robots in this class)
best regards,
Roland

If the weight starts getting used, and we start seeing them out on the circuit, I for one will definitely support it.

Were not here to discourage development in the sport, in fact were here to do exactly the opposite, though two many weights could obviously have a detrimental effect in the long term I could actually see a 6kg weight being very accessible to younger people.

Ill look forward to seeing some 6kg bots out and about.

Sam
FRA Safety Executive

The 6Kg class is useful in some ways, it enabled me to get a few kids into roboteering in the simplest way, the older or more able ones started from scratch and the younger or less able were able to modify cheap old rc cars. We battled them to bits and details are on my xenomania website on http://www.xenomania.co.uk/page2.htmlhttp://www.xenomania.co.uk/page2.html
They moved on to the 12kg class quickly because it allows stronger materials, better drive systems and nastier weapons. However some still prefer the 6Kg...at least they fit in their schoolbags :)
On a serious note 6Kg is OK for modelling/developing/learning/safe playing but for quality battling its got to be 12Kg or bigger.

Felt I had to say something.

Its only coz RC Wars are building and making and are going to sell 6kg Robot Kits. and the quotes from Ed later were not appropriate.

If as a community we continue to insinuate that business interests dictate our opinions, and or official stance of robot progress we will all end up being as untrusted as the inhabitants of parlament. By attacking each other we just destabalize the community as so, though I am tempted to get the fangs out and retort I think a simple request that others not bring up misquoted gossip and misunderstood points as a way of attacking James Cooper and I.

My personal stance has been stated. I am in favour of a 6kg class as 4 years ago that is where RCWars started. This is before most of the people here had started a 12kg robot, so I think the precident was set a long time ago. There is a demand for it, so if it grows it grows, if not, we have featherweight clusterbots.

My business opinion of the 6kg class is this, we will survive without it, and we do not currently sell 6kg robots, though this may change if there is demand, this is the same situation for 12kg robots. I think statements like Its only coz RC Wars are building and making and are going to sell 6kg Robot Kits. should be thought out in great detail before posting as we have fallen out with people before over RcWars, and I for one do not want to do so again.

ps... how heavy are the Zeobots going to be?
(12kg I assume)

Well said, James(es). I hope my minor contribution to this thread hasnt caused you offence or implied disrepute.

Im just looking forward to seeing what robots are around in a few years, 6kg or no.

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Fluppet

James, the Zeobot is in the 12kg class but the standard version with pneumatic lifter should be about 10kg allowing room for bolt ons.

Paul

Just incase anyone misses my other post, I picked up a Zeobot leaflet from FeatherWeight Smash 04 and put it through OCR you can find the leaflet information on the FeatherWeights.org forum by following the link . . . .

http://nobadrecords.co.uk/hosted/forum/fwforum/viewtopic.php?p=782&sid=5cac8f7cee4dcec67b7d7df39a 8b8430#782http://nobadrecords.co.uk/hosted/for...&sid=5cac8f7ce e4dcec67b7d7df39a8b8430#782
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