DID U GUYS SEE THAT !!!
Awesome man !!!
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DID U GUYS SEE THAT !!!
Awesome man !!!
No coz it hasnt been on yet!...cant wait to see gravity though ...just calm down WJ, you will get your chance to gloat I am sure:)
Tom
Give us a chance! Weve only got to Show 2 so far! :)
The FRA forum admin got a bit ahead of themselves setting up these threads. :lame:
At least we know who is on when !
Ed
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ye but i would love to know who that new bot, torando is :)
naaah, just a box on wheels... doesnt even have a decent weapon !
Id like to know who Simdsy is as well.
Do I detect a hint of p*ss taking here?
Look, we might be gods.. but even we cant always be right!
Well see what we can do about getting those names changed eh..
Gods?
someone has a superiority complex there....
Oh hang on, WJ tops that.
Admin1 does not speak for Admin :)
only 3 more days...
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I didnt attend the filming of Series 7 (as spectator or roboteer), but heres my predictions.
13 Black: Is it worth gambling another go at Robot Wars?
Herbinator: Is it a robot carnivore?
Lightning: Will it strike twice?
Alien: Same design as always, not gonna pass the heats.
Hodaf the Bad: Good design, shame about the effectiveness
Thor: Will it strike everyone else?
Hydra: Might slither through
Gravity: Will it defy the laws of gravity with its flipper?
HOT TIPS FOR THE HEAT: 13 Black (seeded 7), Gravity, Lightning & Thor
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sure.. just mention half the robots in the heat as a hot tip. Ill bet youre good at predicting the wether as well. Its going to be dry in some parts and raining in others :)
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8mins to go.....:)
I cant view 5 here :sad:
have to wait for the divx file to come online tomorrow or the day after that :sad:
ah well, have fun with the show guys...
All I can say is...
Wow, what a show !!! Unbelievable !!!
yep, WJ that was amazing... I really need to build a heavyweight by now.:)
nearly as good as wheely big cheese but not quite..
**** - missed it
Thank you thank you, thank you !!!
now theres only one problem...
I cant recieve 5 over here !!!
and the guy that normally tapes it and puts it online had problems with his dish or something, so now I cant even view and review and review my own episode !!!
So if anybody would be so kind as to upload the episode and give me ftp acces ???
That would make me VERY happy.
Regards, William
Yup nearly as good.
when Gravity takes a bot out the arena from the middle of the floor i might change me mind.
@ cris, maybe if I let the flipper run unrestricted that may be the case. Yes, it was restricted during Heat D. Also, the way it fires prevents robots from being throw like wbc. Wbc has a really long travel of its flipper arm, which results in a 90 degree end position of the flipper, which throws the robot further away, but not as high as Gravity does. My flipper ends in about a 45 degrees angle, which results in higher flips. And wbc is undrivable. It would loose every 1 on 1 fight against a decent robot.
:proud: :proud: :proud: what a great show.
It has to be said that Gravity is the first flipper ever (to my knowledge) that had to be restricted due to its performance in the qualifiers. WBC was not. Hence Gravity is the best. I got an E-mail from Robotwars backroom and even they say it is.
Well done WJ, very impressive seeing it all over again :)
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aw I dunno, I think Gravity was lucky....
who would have guessed that a ram that size, with buffertanks that size, and that many big valves would work so well......
oh yeah.... good work there WJ and all others involved in Gravity. my 4th favorite robot of all time.
all others involved in Gravity ? Its more of a one man job... Well not if you think that the builders of say a bosch motor qualify as being involved...
but still the question remains, whos gonna give me the episode on divx ?
I think were gonna see a lot of robots using the Gravity technology next year. Should be a good year to watch.
WJ, congratulations on the best round to be shown this series. I bet they were a bit annoyed when you threw the bot into the light and onto the camera werent they!
hehe, annoyed was the understatement of the week :) They were even more annoyed when I threw thor OVER refbot... as stu already said.
Ohw, and i think LOTS of flippers are gonna use the system. Only getting hold of certified full pressure buffers is gonna be hard. And the new Gravity uses an even more advanced system... MUCH larger flow, 140 mm diamter ram...
One man job? Who build your ram. I think all the other people thinking about a simalar system would want to know.
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WJ, if you have to run Gravity at less than its full power due to arena restrictons, whats the point in making an even more powerful robot? Apart from the fun of it, of course.
JW
.. before anything goes wrong.
WJ ordered parts, and builded a robot from it.
Speedos ,ram,burkert valves...Just order and pay.
Making a good robot from it is still up to the builder.
Gravity was a very good robot. And yes, it ran restricted in the heats after the qualifiers.
But next time all the bets are off.. no more Mr Nice WJ.
Mario built the ram and the full pressure buffertanks, the heart of the beast so to speak. Next set of buffertanks for the next version of Gravity will be built by him too. Only person I know who can build AND certify full pressure buffertanks.
oh, and why build a more powerfull robot ? In case they strengthen the arena ofcourse !!! And to do underground battles and stuff...
Who said flippers are boring :)
WJ have you read your email ? its about video
John
yes the 8645t is already gravity moded :)
www.8645t.co.uk
A terrific heat, Im glad I didnt miss that one!
I didnt know Gravity was limited. So, EEEEK!
BTW, when WBC threw the other robot out of the arena the other robot travelled in the wrong direction, i.e. in the direction WBC considers forwards. Roger told me he thought that the flipping arm bent like a spring as pressure built up in the ram, and as it moved up it then un-bent, flicking the other robot forwards. So it may be possible for Gravity to do the same if its flipping arm is springy enough.