May I add my tuppence?

When I was back in Comprehensive(or High)school, The Morgue was being built in the back of my technology classroom. I was in awe of it and promptly went about finding about how I could help. That lead to me to the S4 crowd and gave me a chance to look around. Naturally I gave a good eye to the pits and dreamed of being there.

Time went on, the MORGs came and went. It was only during TG 2003 (Football/Sumo) did I ever get a chance to be in the pits area. Once again I was inspired. From that point on I was determined to make a competitive machine.

Then Robot Wars fell. The robot fell into retirement and there were no-one going to events from Swansea, but I continued to gather parts.

With no mechanical expertise of my own it was a steep learning curve and my build was (and still is)a slow one. My definition of a competitive machine dropped from seed ratings to one that turned up to an event.

Here I am, still building and 100 miles to go before I even start my journey to an event. Im determined to get to one, no matter what and I dont care what Geoff does to my machine when I do get there, because it will have been worth it.

If you want my advice, dont fret about your machine not being seeding spec machine and go. Just chuck anything together that will fit in the weight limit and enjoy yourself. Its exactly what I intend on doing.

Ps. Gary, what exactly did you put into Ebay search to end up with those batteries???