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Thread: Clusterbot components

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    From experience of those whove built Heavyweight clusters before - its easier to build a single heavyweight.

    Clusters tend to use the same components as main heavyweights (Ampflow motors, Bosch 750 motors, ect) however now your building 2 of them - doubling your costs, time, and resources.

    Plus Grade 3 live event arenas have a minimum weight limit - so youd be restricted in the types of event you can compete at. This is to stop main heavyweights flipping you through the roof.

    All in all, the difficulty in making a middleweight is the same realistically as building a heavyweight - only its likely to be a lot less effective and limiting in terms of design.

    If you want a pure starter class, the recommendation you will hear nearly every roboteer say every time is to start small - Featherweights, Beetleweights, Antweights, ect. A featherweight is 13.6kg, and you can make 2 of them for the same cost as a middleweight. You then have a large pool of championships and events to attend in order to build up experience to attempt a heavyweight.

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    Build a featherweight. Easy enough to build two and compete in a competition. You'll learn everything you need to know to think about tackling something bigger.

    The biggest issue with heavyweights is that the mistakes are around 8 times the cost of featherweights (the costs tend to scale same as the weight). Mistakes will happen. Making these in the smaller weight classes will be easier. It also gets you familiar with the flow of an event, what happens at each stage and get you talking to roboteers in person.

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