what is the best featherweight

[lewisantweight]

what is the best type of featherweight because i need a simple cheap idea and i will take onboard any idas.

[plargen]

you should watch some of the vids on youtube that should give you some ideas

[lewisantweight]

i have but i just cant make my mind up.

[harry hills]

360, inertia xl, ls4, explosion spring to my mind

[psycho_fling]

cough ** block of wood ** cough

[lewisantweight]

i have prices for normal and axe robots i also know what i need but i really want an outline of what i need and how to make other types of robots so i can make my conclusion

[plargen]

have a look through the build diarys there's a fair bit of info and pics

[lewisantweight]

kk

[roketrhino900]

Drills would be OK,
They'd masacre HDPE, but not all robots use that.
You'd need a really thick drill piece to avoid it snapping, at least 10mm

Axes don't do much damage, they'e just for spectacle. Armours too tough.

Flippers can knock electronics out, and OOTA robots, but can be very expensive.

Rambots are a good start, as a wedge shape to rive under robots, but it would take skill to flip a robot.

Discs are best and masacre all robots, but are only run at robochallenge, and the nearest to us is London in April.

Gripping weapons again are just for spectacle, and I'd imagine heavy.

Thrackbots have electronics inside the wheels, and have a bar as a weapon, like
stinger-http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Stinger
and chimera-theres a pic at the bottom-http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Team_Death
The saint- can't find a pic because roaming robots is down, try googling it.
Wilhelms scream could be considered a thrackbot-again can't find the pic

And full body spinners, in which the whole body moves round the base. Again, count as a disc, so can only be run at robochalllenge
http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Full-body_spinners

Using electricity and fluids etcetera is banned, so don't start building clever ideas without checking the rules first.

[Max]

Discs are best and masacre all robots, but are only run at robochallenge, and the nearest to us is London in April .

I thought the event was in Birmingham?