Hobbyweights anyone?

[grant_ploughbot]

Rc Wars was origionally 6kg robots, if anyone saw PloughBot at its first major showing in wrexham rumble that was 6kg with a 5kg steel shell bolted ontop to keep up the weight.
6kg are very easy to build and yet very competative.
Team Rc Wars currently have 5 6kg robots either made or in the making, including flippers, FBS. pushers and axes.
We have had some very impressive ideas tested with ploughbots chassis and another super pusher is going to be built, and should even be very competative against featherweight robots.

[jamesb]

My personal opinion is that if 100kg robots top the bill, middleweights are 1/2 that at 50 kg, 1/2 that at 25kg are lightweights, 1/2 again is the 12kg feathweights (give or take), and 1/2 that should be 6kg robots, call them what you like.

As james and grant have said, RcWars has successfully run 6 kg robots for 4 years, and continues to do so. If the weight decided on is 6 kg, there are 5 (potentially 11) robots ready to go, if its 5kg, maybe one or 2 can be modified to get into the weight, but I dont think it would be worth the expense at this time.

If brought up as a proposed weight calss at an FRA meeting Id vote for 6kg, but if its not brought up Im not too bothered as we have been using this calss without problem for so long it wont reall yeffect us anyway.

class.... class.... how did I get that wrong twice?

I will build them and fight them whatever anyone says, and if there is no official 6kg weight class set, then whoever would like to build one is welcome to fight them at Rc Wars at any event we hold, we have lots of them and will hope to see more.
Thanks
Grant

[fwsorg]

Id say 6kg- using jamess logic. Im definatelly up for building one- same technology (give or take) as feather but hopefully just cheaper.

I can see the Mag Motor coming into it.
Can we set a rule - no Ed Hoppits allowd?

Mr Stu

[ewan]

LOL...
Why dont we have an RC cars class... I couldnt really see Ed driving a Lem powered, CNCd RC car

[stu]

i dont like the name hobbyweights sounds iffy.

Mr Stu

[storm]

Be very careful about introducing new weight classes to the game.

Whilst it might sound like a great idea to add extra weight classes, the more classes you add, the fewer people youll have building in each.

The UK has things worked out fairly well, Heavies and Feathers being the most popular with Middles and Ants following along.

To introduce extra weight classes will most certainly dilute the number of people building in each weight class. The question that needs to be asked - is that good for the sport ? Im firmly against fragmentation of the weight classes beyond what we have already, and dont see what a 6Kg class would add to the sport ?

What I do see is fewer robots of one weight class being built, which can only be a bad thing.

Seriously, think about it.

Ed
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