22nd / 23rd March 2008 - Easter Robot Rumble - Colchester

[widow_twanky]

Good, thought wed lost one by the look of it.

It had a bit of a fire and have to say it looked a very sorry state.

Andy

sometimes things look worse than they are. trev will bring the mouse back live and kicking

[babeth]

Joey,
In a fight against TAN and Pressure ? Or was that L ? Anyway, Tan had him clamped and then the other robot flipped both TAN and the still-clamped Mighty Mouse. You know TAN shrugs a flip off as unimportant but for MM it was a real slam. See page 9 in my pictures. Then MM was shoved into the pit and forgotten during the rest of the fight. A time which it spent thriftily by quietly smoking up without people noticing it. Only when it was taken out of the pit did it become clear that a quick session with the extinguishers was needed.
Poor MM.
But hey, thats the name of the game. If you break it you rebuild it.

Im sure MM will be back, i think it looked a lot worse than it really was, just one set of batteries which were originally from Velocirippa gone up in smoke and a little bit of wiring.

One thing about trevor... he always keeps his machines running if he needs to..hats off to him.

Just a quick message to say thankyou for what was the best event of 2008 so far.
Good audience, good robot turnout, and two great competitions.

Well done to team windpower, the local team taking home both trophies!!!And well done to Geoff Thorpe for keeping the rumble alive.

John
http://www.RoamingRobots.co.ukwww.RoamingRobots.co.uk

[mightymouse]

The mouse will be back - new SLA batteries on order and the welder will be out over the weekend.

Trev

Sorry Trevor, (it was Pressure) I know how it feels to blow a set of batteries!

[geeza]

Just took the back plate off DB5, one corner is badly buckled, by about 3/4mm. I can only assume that it was something fast, maybe Pillow Torque? Didnt see it happen, if it was congrats Geoff its the worst it has suffered since this chassis was built.

So I have some cutting and welding to do aswell.

[widow_twanky]

I have to rebuild Cylon after Mr (trigger happy) Stu sent him into orbit and destroyed the screw mechanism which does the lifter.

Hydra just needs a whack with a hammer to adjust the shoes at the front to get it driving straight.

Andy

(Message edited by widow twanky on March 27, 200

Oops Sorry Ed!
I think it may have been P.I.T.A as it has collected some of your (or someones!) red paint along the re-enforcing plate at the back along with a good solid impact!.

Just looked at Elizabeths photos of Mighty Mouse, I can see why the roll bar was such a mess now, I was baffled as to how TAN could do so much damage.

Trev