Whats the state of play with heavyweights these days?

**havoc** · 3rd February 2007, 00:37

StormII looks terrifying!! Bit of a biohazard aspect. I like it.

Mark, im actually in simonstone, but still not far. Id certainly be up for a pint/cup of tea. The robot lives in burnley centre near Netto.

I would like to do an event...been eyeing up wigan, but i think thats too short a timescale now im a working man. Just a shame, my girlfriend lives there....so its kinda home turf!!

**Mouldy** · 3rd February 2007, 17:35

Turbulence will give you a fight aswell

Dave Moulds
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**havoc** · 3rd February 2007, 18:37

Well it took over an hour to dig it out from the shelf it has occupied for 6 years. Disappointingly i seem to have lost one of the drive sprockets and adapter. = Â£Â£ already!

Other than that, looks like it should run. Very little corrosion etc. Tyres need inflating obviously...

Its better built than i remember too. Pics tomorrow.

Behemoth looks a bit harder than last time i saw it (series 2). Ive quite possibly met you kane.

**dcalkins** · 3rd February 2007, 18:52

I know its far, but in San Francisco in May were doing the $10,000 ComBots Cup again (HWs only.)

Then theres RoboGames in June, and the HW class will probably carry a min. $4000 prize.

Wed really love to see more birtish HWs at both. Typhoon came 2 years ago, and did a magnificent job. Tanto is slated to come to RoboGames in June, but wed love to have more HWs come (weve also got about 5 feathers coming.)

To state the obvious, Im trying to encourage all US builders to move to HWs...

**simon** · 3rd February 2007, 18:54

John/Mark
My heavy isnt too far off now. I would rather give it a bit of a run before taking it to an event and Im not far away in Bury. Mark used to have an arena at the back of the workshop. Have you still got it ?.

**big_nipper** · 3rd February 2007, 22:13

Simon, unfortunalty not, we scrapped it before christmas due to the fact my dad sold his house for a small moblie home and went off around Eurpoe for his retirement, and it was in his garden taking up space.

Workshop also moved into my brothers garage after we built it (Well my dad mainly) which is in barrowford. The floor for the Arena is now his gararge roof