15/16th July 2006, RR at RAF Fairford

Back again for the second year, Roaming Robots will be providing a complete and exciting Robot Zone. Capitalising on the success of 2005, the 2006 zone will be so much bigger.


Still keeping the main attraction of the full Roaming Robots Robot Wars show with an additional Saturday night show.

But other attractions in the area including, Pay to Drive robots, build a robot workshops, UK Robotic Games running track and feather weight arena events€¦€¦ and much more.
Details are still being finalised as more exciting attractions are added to the zone, however by January 2006, the whole package should have been finalised and we will be taking application forms form all sorts of robot teams.

John
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

Jonno, why not put a link to the RIAT website, like XFM have done,for thier Farnborough one?

once we get colchester out of the way this weekend, then we will be updating the future event pages, well stick one on then.


JOhn
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

** Update **

Sign ups are on the website.

Please be aware. They CLOSE on 31st May !!!!

Regards

John
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

I filled in a form earlier, but i discovered i put the wrong email address in. I re-applied with the proper address this time.

Guys,

Just a bit of an update.

This is the list of robots attending.


Heavy Weights

Stratos-Fear
Tanto
Hannibal
Weird Alice
Kan Opener
Behemoth
Hades
UFO
Merlin
Knightmare
Terrorhurtz
Iron Awe3
Scorpion
Dantomkia
Beast
PussyCat
Turbulence
Kronic
Ripper
Tilly
EdgeHog

Feather Weights

Road Rage
Push n Shove
KR3
Mini moth
Invasion
Surprise
Prince of Awe
Pillow Torque
Scorpion Evilution
Batterbot
WMD
Secret Weapon
Rip

If ive missed anyone let me know, looks like its going to be very very busy!!!

Applications close on 31st May, we only have space for a couple more teams.

After they close i will be in touch with everyone with further details.

Regards

JOhn
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

Think you missed someone :sad:

Mark, i dont think i ever recieved an application form from you.

Can you send it again please.

Cheers

John
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

Just a quick note,as Jonno has not put a link to the Riat site. The Airtattoo site http://www.airtattoo.comwww.airtattoo.com has a link to the Roaming Robots site. Click on the links part on the left and scroll down. :)

Also some interesting aircraft will be there this year.

Will do it again tonight, but filled it in last weekend.

I use IE or firefox with cookies fully disabled, so maybe thats where the problem is. Will add roamingrobots.co.uk to the exception list and try again.

If an extra feather is added to my team (so two instead of one feather) is that a problem?

Got your application mark thanks.

Leo, no problem if you bring another feather.

Regards

John
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

Hey just found out i can come along,

Any chance Team Turbine can bring along another featherweight for white boards? Sorry about the late application. Only finished building it last night :lol:

sorry didnt notice the post. no problem bringing it.

John

Notice to all teams, we plan to take some team photos and also some staged action shots to use for the promotion of this years UK Championships. So get your robots looking nice and any hair cuts needed. (You know who you are! LMAO!)

Mr Stu
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

Oi! :blush:

has anyone got a postcode?? or a address??

Or rather - when do we get our passes and entrance maps? :)

Travel information is available on the http://www.airtattoo.com/showcontent...0000000318RIAT

Ewan,
If its the same as every RR event, i would think you will get final details some time this week.

Yes Dave, only the Airshows are different than your everyday RR event - with all the passes to get through past the spectators and security, and maps to know which site entrance to use (just following on from what Kenny said, as its a little less obvious than a postcode).

Last year we got our passes on the gate.

Ewan,

Youll have to wait like everyone else. Once the information is available to be sent out, it will be. And Im sure like every other event, Roaming Robots will post here to check everyone has received the information.

Wow, is it just me or does everyone always think Im being so negative? :sad:

:rofl:

those of you that came last year, you will know there is a lot of work which goes on behind the scenes organising this event and the logistics of getting over 30 teams into the very security concious air show.

There will be emails coming to you later this week as we make the final preparations for your arrival.

You will pick up your passes on the gate so dont worry about that, and arrival details will follow.

John

John can you add me to the e-mail list please as Eds on holiday this week so wont be around to find out whats going on.

davemoulds at hotmail.com

cheers :)

email will come either tomorrow night, or early thursday morning depending on what time i find.

john

Am I Aloud To Use Spektrum At This Event??

email has been sent to teams, if you havent got it, we will be putting the information on the website.

Any probs let me know you have my number

John

K3 not sure what you mean.

Probable Translation ..... Am I allowed to use the 2.4GHz Spektrum system at this event??

Hi everyone, Are there any plans for barbecues, etc over the weekend (Friday and Sat night) at the campsite cause were wondering what we need to bring.

If anyone is planning a barbecue please let me know if you need us to bring food, etc.

Cheers,

Dave

thats right woody cheers :)

Hiya Dave - im sure jonno is very busy loading the truck today so ill try and answer..


Last year loads of people had BBQs and everyone just brought their food/burgers/beers and one disposable BBQ and everyone seemed to just merge together anyway and share BBQs and so on. Bring enough food for your self in terms of burgers, babs etc, but everyone normal just bundles it all together - but dont quote me on that.

There is a big massive open air Marquee which cooks great breakfasts and evening meals and theres a bar and all sorts.

So if you dont fancy cooking or anything, have your breakfast and dinner at this big marque which is very nice and not alot of money either, or have a mixture which i think the Roaming Robots crew is going to do. As were there as of tonight, we dont want a BBQ on Thursday Night, Friday Night, Saturday Night, so we may mix about and for once - let others cook our food for us at the big marque. Hehe! :lame:

Kenny - i cant answer that question and to be honest not sure if Jonno would be able to answer that question until he gets there or whatever as it is an air show. Though i would have thought the airshow stuff is more technical and secure which means you should be able to use it. Though i do know Kan-Opener can use his 2.4ghz thingy last year, so you might be ok. Oh sorry Kan-Opener uses 459mhz, thanks Kane. Maybe bring spare 40mhz just in case?

Mr Stu

Coming on sunday to see the airshow, will drop in to see you sometime.:)

Just a bit of a safety notice to all roboteers this weekend€¦

Two main things which roboteers need to keep an eye on over the weekend due to the heat which is expected to be one of the hottest times of the year the weather man is saying€¦ are NiCad€™s and Co2 bottles.

Keep an eye on your Nicad Batteries, try not to charge them when hot, and keep them out of the sun as they will get warm/hot. If you have any fans, bring them. Fast charging, then using, then fast charging, then using etc etc in the heat will keep them warm and the worst may happen which has happened before, they over heat and once the chain reaction has started, there is nothing you can do while you watch your £150 + batteries go up in smoke.

Co2 roboteers - as you know some peoples Co2 bottles sometimes the burst disc blows as the pressure has gotten too great, this maybe due to over filling in the past, but during hot days, even filling them correctly, the heat may make the pressure rise and blow the burst discs. It has happened before in outdoor events in the sun. So try and keep your bottles out of direct sun light - bring some spare burst discs if you have any just in case the worst happens and it blows€¦. Also may even advise UNDER FILLING your 2kg bottles a bit by about 200g maybe?

See you all soon at the show - stay safe.

Mr Stu
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

Just to add, having the burst disc fail on your bottle indicates that the pressure has exceeded 190bar... Without the burst disc, the bottle would explode.
When filling cold bottles DO NOT zero the scales with an apparently empty bottle, it may contain dry ice which can affect the filled weight.
You should know your bottles empty weight which you can use to determine the full weight (This should also be stamped on the bottle). DO NOT fill above the full weight.
As Stu has suggested, on a hot day underfill your bottles and dont leave them in the sun.

unfortunatly, due to exactly the same reason as Waddington, we have to withdraw.

Edgehog is stuck in my team mates garage, and due to possibly the laziest builder in the world, we still cannot get him out because there is no front to the building.

Rather than just bring a feather, we thought it fairer to pull out completely and leave a space for another heavy, if anyone is on the waiting list and can get everything organized. We left this decision as late as we could in the hope the builder came today, but he didnt show, again, so I appologise to Roaming robots, but there really is nothing I can do.

Cheers, and see you all at the next one.

Looking forward to the weekends show - machine is nearing completion:

http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/discus/messages/13/87.html?1152814997http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/disc...tml?1152814997

For those of you whod rather not pay a few quid for a show map heres a printable one: http://www.airtattoo.com/gallery/2006/Showground%20Map%2005%20June%202006.pdfhttp://www.airtattoo.com/gallery/200...une%202006.pdf (Ive found that my computer doesnt like printing it if you dont save it beforehand...)

Anyone any ideas what to do if someone doesnt have any photo id? No passport or driving license...