Quote Originally Posted by Eventorizon View Post
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.
If a feather goes out of control, throwing in a heavy/housebot to shorten the waiting time and increase audience satisfaction is a viable option.

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?
Safe, war machines, out of control. Where comes the word safety in the equation?

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.
I'm not going to put a stick in the neighborhood of Valkiri 2's disk if that goes balls out. Let the batteries run out, the speedo will cut out if the voltage drops. But with 8000mAh, it will be a long wait. I rather would trow in Bullfrog over the side and have that deal with it.

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.
11.1 Stopping Time
The spinning element of any rotational weapon must spin down to a full stop in under 60 seconds.