I made a start on mine the other day, everything is ready except for the ESC's, which dont seem to be receiving any battery power and thus there is no movement, also on a temporary chassis, looking to get some good quality wood soon, Pics will be up ASAP
Get them built and sign up to fleet so we can get a competition out of them. If there is enough I shall get a trophy sorted out as I think it could be a good class. Might be a good idea to bring lots of spare parts lol
At the moment it seems unlikely I could get there, as my Dad says he may be going down to Plymouth that week. As much as i'd love to be at the start of this class! Maybe there could be a challenge belt sort of thing if there's only a few participants at the event?
Also when is more info for the UK Champs going up? I'm chomping at the bit to find out more about who I may be facing :P
@James is it going to be a Wooden Trophy?
I've marked up my wood, just need to cut and buy components.
a team bud style trophy would be good for people that can't make it to some shows, and i should be making my wooden shell soon, might have ramming spikes or an axe on it
So this rules out anything constructed/designed for the job (e.g. lifting arms, crushing/grabbing jaws, custom blades/spikes)?only use hand held tools and power tools as the weapons
Seems far too restrictive/unclear to me and silly if it means buying tools which you could've made yourself.
I'm all up for those things, just wanted to promote the use of wood working tools.
I had imagined/hoped so, but then that isn't reflected clearly in James' rules statement which I think needs to be clarified.
Example: Would you have to go and buy a chisel even when you could cut down a piece of metal to a similar section?
Or would you have to buy a cordless cutting tool to power a saw when you could use another motor?
Do axes/arms all have to be off-the shelf parts?
etc.
I'm still going to stick to my Pussycat-style blade. If it becomes mandatory to use only wood-working tools as weapons (hopefully not) then I can swap it out for a saw blade. The Pussycat one won't be that much more powerful.
I'll probably be starting on mine in the next couple of weeks. Due to some stupid holiday rule that my boss has implemented, I've had to take extra days off in the run-up to the champs, but the upshot is that it should leave me plenty of time for bot-building
There are no rules at the moment so it's up to you guys to decide. It's just good to close off loop holes which allow brushless spinners. I think for now just make sure the outer body is made from wood, and the chassis too then see howit goes from there.
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