Chainsaw?????

Hey,
Just wondered if chainsaws are allowed in feathers or heavies? Do they count as spinning weapons?

yes they count as spinning weapons, as a rule anything that spins is :P they would be about as much use as a sugar teapot anyway

It would look cool though.

undoublably :twisted:

I think a sugar teapot would be very useful, you get to make the tea and sweeten it all in one step! With the addition of a spoon made of milk making tea would be Childs play!!!

you say that but you probably need more than 1 spoon of milk(serving spoons exlcuded) to make a cuppa, think more of a type of ladle, or a cup with milk in it allready

i bought a sugar teapot once, i at like a quarter of it then was violently sick. i assume it was for display purposes only :lol:

Chainsaws are allowed in most cases.
But keep in mind:
If using a combustion engined one ,you'll have to start it in the bullpen or arena.

To restart during the fight you'll need a starter motor.

Not many event organisers give the permission to run combustion motors in the arena.
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And then practical thinking.
Try to cut down a tree that moves around, and is trying to hit you.
Even worse, that moving tree is made from materials a lot more resilient and/or harder than wood.

It could work against block of wood

bring it on !!!! :proud:

That's a point; does it count as a spinning weapon? I can see how it could, but then its just a chain with teeth on it, and plenty of robots run chains.
Then again, using that logic, I suppose a disc is just a wheel with teeth on it, and plenty of robots have wheels :uhoh:

Think I just negated my own question!

Spinners are defined in the rules:

11.2 Limits
Rotational weapons exceeding any TWO of the three limits below must be submitted for review and be preapproved
by the event organiser.
11.2.1 Weight
The spinning element is more than 20% of the robots total weight. (This includes any directly coupled
motor components rotating on the same axis).
11.2.2 Speed
The spinning element spins above 500 RPM.
11.2.3 Size
The spinning element is greater than 24 inches in diameter

I think a chainsaw would probably slip under the 20% and 500rpm rule (if set as such)

so technically, if one was set up accordingly, it would be able to run in something like a robotslive arena? or would the spinner proof arena still be needed?

You'd have to run it by the Event organiser but if you make sure it complies with the rules to make it an 'un-classified' spinner they shouldn't really refuse.

Why would a spinning chain be more than 20% of the robot's weight?

S*!tloads of Duplex chains with teeth ? :)

...good answer :)

It would be good though if someone built a heavyweight with a chainsaw that would be allowed to compete. Okay, so they're not that effective but it'd look great, sound great, would have the proper retro-bot feel and, most importantly, wouldn't be a flipper.

Go on somebody, please :)

Is it possible to custom design a chainsaw to be more effective at cutting metals than the wood cutting industry standard ones?

I mean, as long as you can get teeth made out of a harder and more abrasive material than what you are cutting, it should work. Why can't you have a chainsaw with tungsten carbide blades coated in diamond dust?

you probably could but there wouldn't be much point, chainsaws are designed to only take small chunks of material away with each tooth bite. You would have to have your opponent be very nice and stay still for a half minute or so whilst you chomp slowly away at them. Forget the chainsaws, build a disc, drum or egg beater and have some fun in the featherweights

What about claws to hold them in place coupled with high torque drive to push them around? Then even if the chainsaw does turn out to be useless, you can still control a fight on the strength of the robot (while looking cool, cause... you have a chainsaw).

In theory it could work, but in reality, getting a set of claws, high torque motors (and necessary battery requirements) and a chainsaw all into the weight limit (not to mention chassis, armour etc) would be a phenomenal challenge. But if you're game, feel free :)

No thanks. I'm making an antweight box with lifting spikes. :lol:

As a fan I just like to prod the super engineers to make something that looks and works in an original way, but it's much easier to make something that just works if it's another heavyweight flipper, and it will kick the stuffing out of robots that have to be overwrought to get their overwrought weapons to work.

Of course, if it wasn't for side walls to flip robots over, then if people just wanted to win, everybody would just build armored overclocked rambots, let alone flippers. Not that rambots are boring (they definitely aren't), just that every robot being the same type would be a lot less entertaining. A lot of the fun comes from watching differing designs go up against each other.