Tin Pot Challenge Cup

[kane]

Big Nipper is built out of scrap...

[craig_anto]

bit to heavy for the 27.5KG weight limit though

[Marien]

You can force the top 3 robots to be sold for the price limit, with the obbligation to enter it in the next event.

[shakesc]

There are some car racing events like that to stop over investment in the cars. Might of even been on Top Gear at some point

[typhoon_driver]

Was this not what was talked about with a wooden robot class a while back? Hasn't really taken off due to the infrequency of featherweight events.

[PJ-27]

We hit several hurdles with the Wooden Robot Class.

Lack of events was the biggest, then imposing and defining limits was the next. A spend limit is a near impossible thing to regulate.

You're right though there was a mention of a Finish rally class with low cost cars.

http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/captain-fast

6:05 in.

All the ROBOTS in EVENT are given a nominal and equal value, let's say it's £150, then at the end of the FIGHT you can go to any other competitor and say I want to buy your ROBOT, and he or she has to sell it to you. It's to stop people spending too much money, getting sponsorship and taking it all too seriously!

Nice idea, but it Racing it's largely about Driver skill, so equal cars is a desirable thing, just look at F1. Whereas in Robots, robot design and innovation is probably the largest thing, being a good driver is just another advantage.

[Max]

Personally I wouldn't want to sell my bot for £150 even if that was all the components were worth. Mainly because of the time that goes into it.
Also, why make the robots Lightweights? If they were featherweights then you could use it in main events as well and the robots would be cheaper and easier to make. People are also more likely to have spare parts for feathers lying around than Lightweights.

[Ozzy]

Why not make it a Battlerat style category (sort of like thecompetition at Brentwood). The size and weight of the robots (4kgs i believe) would surely keep costs down as the would be no room for big, expensive parts.

[typhoon_driver]

Featherweights used to be the start up weight class. Then it was kilobots. It doesn't take long for any weight class to become exceptionally competitive.

And yes a 4kg class could become very expensive.

[Bodge Job]

I think that a lightweight class size would be best as I think feather weights are to small and restrictive, and I think all robots being built of scrap would a good idea, means people gave to use there scavageing skills (although useing stuff that had been bought for something else shouldn't count eg someone can't make it all out of that huge sheet of titanium they had lying around) just a thought