Boring Brick

[mrsam]

If i was borrowing someone else's battery i'd obviously make sure it was properly held down and protected

[mattsdragons]

I can bring an 18V pack?

[mrsam]

Cheers Matt but right now there isn't much point as i doubt i'll even be able to make it now. My idea of stuffing the bot into my toolbox seemed a great idea at the time but now it doesn't fit, and i doubt i can just plonk it on top and get away with it on a train, obviously i could take the axe off but that would mean gutting the whole robot everytime i want to get it to and from the event, so short of somebody giving me a lift up there which at this short notice i doubt will happen it looks like i won't be attending.

[ChrisKazoo]

I'm sure as long as you had sharp edge protection on the axe head it would be fine on the train? You can't leave me in the arena alone with Mr Mangle and Binky!

[mrsam]

Need some help do ya , having never taken a robot on a train before (obviously) it's hard to say how they would react, everything has sharp edge protection that needs to and the axe has a locking bar to stop it moving over, and obviously there aren't any batteries in there because well mine are toast. Anybody had any experience with trains and robots?

[Max]

You can always put the robot in a small bag/suitcase along with your tools/toolbox. Or put it in a cardboard box, or wrap it up like a parcel/ present and no one will know!

[maddox10]

Dave W regulary takes the train, even into the deep dark outback of Vilvoorde. And that with 1 to 3 feathers, or equivalent in parts.

[mrsam]

Right, well i guess if i can get away with it there's no problem, other than the fact that i have no battery as of yet, although a few people have offered so hopefully i'll have SOMETHING to work with.

[mrsam]

I've been on the phone with the train company and to put it bluntly they won't let Hatchet on a train regardless of how well things are protected/strapped down/anything. So at this point it looks like this year was a giant waste of time and money, hope you guys all have fun at the champs

[Niels - Team K.a.L.M.]

You shouldn't have called, you ruined your "I didn't know that" chances.

Here in Holland i've taken my machines on the train on several occasions, even international ones. Everytime my ticket got checked I would get a few question and a lot of positive responses overall.

A simple carry on (I mean a suitcase on wheels if I used the wrong word) will do perfectly to 'hide' the machine.