Hi James
Welcome to the forum, Yes you can start with a heavy, I did and it was not a good one,
I would suggest,
Reading lots of threads on this forum dealing with Heavyweight robot builds.
Next go along to an event or two, to see how other people have made their robots.
Robot Marketplace is a good site for parts but some are expensive.
Make a simple robot that works and build up from that.
Make it easy to fix! It will need lots of fixing.
to summarise
It is harder than you think,
It is costlier than you would want,
But more fun than you can imagine.
Firstly to answer what you said. We dont currently do spinners in the UK due to safety restrictions.
Secondly, cant agree more with Craig and i highlighted the main points.
Please get yourself down to an event, i done that for 2 years before i started and it helped me alot (obviously you can just come once and start from that, it helps alot to see the robots first).
Secondly, if you want to dive in the deep end - build a championship Featherweight. That really is the deep end, and it still has all the advantages of building a feather over a heavy. It can even be a spinner, however i cannot stress how dangerous that can be with inexperience. Id personally advise against it and build a rambot first, you will then have a base to work off and weaponise (as craig says, build up from that).
Alot of stuff i buy i just get from Ebay, Hobbyking, or just doing google searches for exactly what i want aswell.
Im going to Gloucester Robot Wars 2015 with my girlfriend witch were both looking forward to. Will be drawn up designs very soon
I think I need this http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store..._with_BEC.html
http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...8kg_0_22s.html
http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...2_Mode_1_.html
I no there other parts I need for the electoral system
do yourself a favour and purchase the VIP tickets, then you can see the pits and talk to us.
None of the parts linked are suitable. I strongly advise deciding on what type of robot you want to build in reasonable broad detail (Ie number of wheels, weapon type). Otherwise it's hard for us to help and we'll just be taking shots in the dark at components.
I strongly advise a non spinner featherweight, you'll be able to fight it more and won't make the 'first robot mistakes' on a costly heavyweight.
For a transmitter a DX6i is always a safe bet for robot combat.
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