Team Eventorizon: Build Diary

**EventorizonIan** · 30th March 2014, 08:03

I have the new link cover in Yorkshire. A 460 mile round trip does make assembly difficult. Already running up the postal bill.

**overkill** · 30th March 2014, 08:16

Just stick some duct tape over it

**Eventorizon** · 30th March 2014, 09:10

Originally Posted by Mouldy

Still think that links dodgy as hell

Originally Posted by overkill

Just stick some duct tape over it

That's what we did last time and it worked fine. And it does annoy me that people bury their links inside the robot where you cant get at them. If they were really out of control I would bet you couldn't get at 75% of the links on modern robots. At least ours are safe.

**maddox10** · 30th March 2014, 09:16

Even with Binky's link, if Binky goes berserk, are you willing to pull it?

If a powerful machine goes out of control, let it run down the batteries, or park a housebot on top of it.

**Eventorizon** · 30th March 2014, 09:40

Can't park a house robot on a feather spinner, they are never run with heavyweights in the arena, but its an option at most other events.

As for me going in to get it, I would at least try with a hook on a stick because it is actually possible, but if we are going down that route doesn't it make the whole idea of a 'safety' link pointless?

I have lost control of Binky when she had an Orange RX inside her and I got interference from the nearby Wifi (and I think the armour was too thick for the RX to cope). I had her driving around with the disc on and then she went to full throttle on the weapon. I had someone go and get a window opening hook and I was able to pull the link with no problem. Try pulling the same trick with 720 or LS4.

If it does go crazy then if our main solution at an event is to wait then we could be there for an hour. I span Binky up yesterday and the disc took 2 minutes to spin down, that means I got most of the friction out of the system, ergo that could spin for 30 minutes at maximum speed while the motor only idled to maintain the speed.

**Mouldy** · 30th March 2014, 09:56

720's link is easy to get, and doesn't go out of control. Very well behaved

**Ellis** · 30th March 2014, 09:58

Stick Tiny Toon in, that'll stop it. :P

**razerdave** · 30th March 2014, 10:00

Last time I saw a spinner go out of control was Dizzy Tilly, whose link was UNDER the robot, so they basically got Tiberius into the ring and jammed it into a corner to disable it. If they don't have a house robot, I am sure they can use something else to jam the weapon long enough to pull the link (yes Ls4's is a bit hid away, but with the weapon stopped you can still pull it).

I'm sure in the rules spinners have a set spin-down time don't they? I think that Binky exceeds that.

**razerdave** · 30th March 2014, 10:08

Mouldy: you've said that, now the RX will crash and it ends up spinning and gyro- dancing on its own :P

**harry hills** · 30th March 2014, 10:09

Originally Posted by Mouldy

Kind of a pointless rule IMO, ring Grant / James and see what they think of the 60 second rule... i wouldnt fail a robot on tech check for it, and if there happy to run it at the event i dont see an issue.

Originally Posted by grant_ploughbot

We've had robot's with this in the past, particularly in featherweights a very free gearbox/bearings is essential so we won't be banning anything that can't spin down fast enough.

However, there are a few provision's that we take with robot's that do take longer to spin down and these will be discussed during tech check (Mouldy will be made aware of these, but it's nothing major).