Feather Weight Smash 2004 - March 6th / FeatherWeights.org

[blazerbotics]

is it;

Oh Yeah (On The Radio)
by roxy in 1980

[geoff]

Very good Alan, quite right.. 2 points! (Not bad for someone born in 1985!!)

Anyone want a few more?..But they will get harder!

Hey you have got me going now Geoff,,,,Since I used to do a Toms pop quiz thing on the old forum, and am in a pop quiz league

It became very hard to think of questions that people couldnt get the answers to by typing into a search engine.

Any lyric answer can be found this way just by typing in to Google.

Maybe I will start a pop quiz again in the fun section if there is interest...I could even bring prizes of old vinyl cr*p to events for winners

Tom

Good idea Tom, Im up for a little musical challange..Dont know about all these youngsters though, (Do they know what vinyl is?!!)


(I think we must really try to get this thread back on topic, sorry for the slight musical diversion folks!)

Of course we do, its what you wear to get into the most interesting clubs :-)

[peterw]

Getting back to the discussion the main problem on the day was having ensured as few people as possible were on the same frequencies adjacent channels were not allowed to be used. Is this normal certainly in the ants we use all channels and when I was flying model aircraft we used adjacent channels simultaneously. As far as I could tell there was no one else on my frequency it was just that I could not use it if the channel above or below was in use. Modern FM systems are designed to operate at 10kHz spacing so why not use all the available channels.

Event report and some photos of this event and Preston the previous week will be up on my web site tomorrow. Just go to the events page and you should find it.

[stu]

Peter -
This is due to safety.
Yes Radio Equipment is made to run in 10Khz spacing, BUT radios in bigger robots where their are parts causing interfearence, also some people dont use top quality servos - it makes it a problem with bots going out of control or not staying stil when being armed.

When robots are in the arena, the 10kHz gap does not matter, but in your case, a robot needed to be tech checked - which meant the robot is OUT SIDE the arena, more safety is needed- this is where the 10Khz rule came into play.

Mr Stu

[robotwars]

Please remember, a tech check, is a check, and is in most cases the most dangerous activity at an event.
This is where we find out if a robot does or does not comply to the rules.
A robot is not forced to work, including failsafes until it is passed, and even then things go wrong.

To have a 100kg robot on a cradle wheels spinning in all directions, locking pins being tested is not the best idea. And has happened in the past due to interference.

And so for safety reasons, we will always run frequencies 2 apart while tech checking, to minimise any risks.

Many Thanks
Jonno
http://www.roamingrobots.co.ukwww.roamingrobots.co.uk