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Oh Dear God.
LOL! Nice one John!
sounds good to me
Everybody needs his/her niche. Be assured that I will keep a tight focus on this thread, even though I wouldnt build a spinner myself, but for curiousity and safety concerns. Discuss your points/problems/wishes and I will assimilate the info.
(gosh goody goody stuff about spinners from the builders themselves drool drool)
Oh yeahhhh :)
Spinners will rule the world one day...
You can sign me up as a member!
KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL
Sam
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p.s to all those worriers out there, Im only joking :)
Talking of debris weve had to duck, we nearly managed to kill me off at the series 7 qualifying.
Theres a particularly good hit you can see in the video here http://shredder1uk.users.btopenworld.com/qualifying.mpghttp://shredder1uk.users.btopenworld.com/qualifying.mpg where we sliced a big chink of Ti out of our Dutch opponent...
If youd been in the booth at the time, you would have seen me promptly duck.. as the supersonic chunk hit the polycarbonate right in front of my face :sad:
Talk about flashing before your eyes..
Sam
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German contender.. The Titanium armored robot is Tsunami II, one of the better German machines.
So, I hope this clears a little bit of the white Ti flash .
Ahh.. sorry.. German :)
Sam
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And not forgetting the S3 Fight where we went disc to disc and ended up having a disc exiting the robot at high speed hitting the polycarb about 15 foot up in the air...
Spinners are the best entertainment best fun and will rule the world every thing else is just eye candy.
Spinners should be banned under the Geneva convention as a weapon of mass destruction.
Mike.
Oy.. get your own thread you heathen!
Your just scared of us ya big woos :)
Sam
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Yeah well said,
flippers don`t get bits of arena wall to keep as souvenirs after the match
we`ve got two from series 7!
Works the other way too, I broke a spinners tooth off in the qualifiers.
Pussycat chopped one of Tornados Spikes off in Extreme Sereies 1 - and the spike came flying off and hit just in front of Andrew (Tornado Driver)s face!!! Mega ouch.
Stu
But at least no animals were harmed in the making of that programme. :crazy:
And of course the wheel guard of shredder that got logged in the arena roof.
Whole robots passing by the drivers control-box is much more fun than only small parts...
just showing of now arnt ya
Get a robot stuck in the roof and ill be inpressed
working on that.
though I think Air has a better setup for that, the new gravity is very powerfull, but has a much shorter stroke than Air.
oooooo a place just for spinners :)
all im going to say is that if u want to see some serious spinner action then watch the whole of series 7, some very nice incidents with a lot of damage
Gary, Tell me what would happen if gravity flipped you out of the arena and onto the polycarb 6 foot up? Do you think you would just bounce off or smash right through it into the crowd. Which then is more dangourous the flipper or the disk?
Do they need a stonger arena for next year?
Theres a lot of give in the screening at RW, Its very unlikely that a robot would make it through the screen.
A problem would be far more likely to arise from a supersonic chunk of someone, smaller surface area.. and therefore far more likely to cause a problem.
As to do they need a stronger arena.. well inner arena yes definitely, its failing on a regular basis at this point.
I think the screening solution they use is pretty damn good though..
Just my thoughts
Sam
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oh no its turned into a saftey thread:sad:
LOL @ Chris!! LOL
Yeah the screens do sway a bit, like Sam said, they have a bit of give. There suspended above and just rail way sleepers (Or something more posh) to stop them swaying too far.
But Robot Wars another another safety Issue other than the inner defence being bashed and smashed.
Like i said above the screens are suspended and will sway.... what happens if a robot is flipped out the arena and goes out of control?
Yes it happened, and near was serious at Robot Wars. A robot was flipped out and was stuck had alot of radio interfeance and was moving about, and the screens were being pushed back and the big weights stopping the screens from moving too much, were moving back. Luckly the robot had its link pulled out before it got serious.
if we hit the large screens at full speed they WOULD shatter like glass, the disc wouldnt stop spinning and derek wouldnt be very happy.
they do need a stronger arena
wot could actually happen is if one of our cutters inbedded itself in the sidewall then we could roll along the screen like a wheel going sideways
all theroretical but just watch series 7, thats all im going to say
Yes, watch it :)
Im bound to have more replies in my topic by then..
I think Mentorns crew have a new nightmare since Series 7... namely: Series 8.
Just imagine... a stronger and improved Gravity or Air against a stronger and improved Supernova or Typhoon... either flipper or spinner is going to fly and would the screens hold it ? We now know the arena couldnt.
During the filming of Series 7 I overheard discussions between crew, organisers and judges, stating clearly that the crew was terrified from the beginning of the qualifiers that the arena wouldnt hold and that the new and/or improved batch of robots is a whole different thing than before, absolutely demanding a general rethinking about safety for both crew, roboteers and audience.
Its going to cost Mentorn more money, but OH BOY are the fights this year impressive !! Especially with the spinners. You guys are top entertainment.
I hope to be the first person to ever hit the roof with another machine at robotwars.
Shame Im only planning that for a featherweight.
But we are talking spinners, so sign me up.....
Outrage is coming (heavyweight Tantrum!)
i thank u babeth :)
Hehe.. it was bound to happen eventually, even the hethens are being converted :)
Still say theres nothing more exciting than a spinner fight for that shear edge of the seat, breathless hysterical feeling...
I hope to god RW dont show any footage of us in the box this year.. coss I was dancing around like a mad man most of the time we were in there :sad:
Anyway
Sam
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All i can say is spinners rule
i agree
John have you sorted the power problem with Corkscrew 2?
That is heathens Samuel. And no I am not converted, spinners do not rule in my opinion, they just make for great entertainment when they meet serious opponents instead of shivering cannon fodder.
They dont like fighting cannon fodder either, its no fun!
Anyway..
I too would like some details on Corkscrew 2. Is it going to be all systems go at the Crusade John?
I can see me spending my time chewing my fingernails if it is !
Sam
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P.S fugger.. nubber... spell checker required! :)
john
The answer is complicated but yes Two fix solutions 1 x engine drive system 1 x motor drive. Will be testing both to see if they provide enough disk speed 30kg 2000 rpm
Sam all i can say is your arena will have to be a lot stronger than last year or we will both need finger transplants
I take it the blade is 1m across? at 2000rpm my rough calculations put the edge speed at over 225mph... I can hear the manic laughter from here!
So are you going to test this one on another water dispenser then?
No testing will be on another robot any takers ?