Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

**beast** · 3rd September 2009, 19:22

ok question ?

for my destructive wheels do i have just 1 saw blade each side or 2 with a gap in middle

Aldi Â£4.99 each for 2

John

**psycho_fling** · 3rd September 2009, 19:45

Is anyone travelling from the derbyshire nottinghamshire or passing the area?

migth need a lift from someone with room in their vechile who doesn't mind me tagging along, i would pay for my sahre of petrol etc

http://www.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source ... .1684&z=13

google map of the town i live see if anyone will be pasiing

cheers Alex

**RogueTwoRobots** · 3rd September 2009, 21:28

for my destructive wheels do i have just 1 saw blade each side or 2 with a gap in middle

Gotta be two surely, more of a contact surface (albeit the edge of a blade) to get the power down. If I was racing a destructive dragster, I'd say one of course to hinder the competition but I'm Stock so its fine

**terrorhurtz** · 3rd September 2009, 23:18

One circular saw blade each side works fine, even the thin ones designed for cordless circular saws, as long as you have most of the weight on them.
And if you have most of the weight on them, you of course need long wheely bars out the back to stop it flipping over (long wheely bars are much better than short ones, coz they take less weight off the drive wheels when they touch the ground).
see http://www.slowcarclub.com/santapod-07/drag-bike.jpg

**grant_ploughbot** · 4th September 2009, 07:31

Dont let all the secrets out john

We tested waynes dragster yesterday and even with rubber tyres on it wheelied and flipped onto its back - so put a wheely bar on if you think it might!

The List of entries and teams so far are below. If i've missed anyone off let me know asap.

Tiny Toon/The Toonimator
4 4 Toon/ Looney Toon
Drumroll / Hornet
Satanix / Blitz
Basher / PloughBot
LS2 / LH2
Trouble Starter / Kahn Evo
360 / Savage Evo
Extreme 5 / P.S.M.B
Heatwave / Whirlpool
Aftershock / Crumple Zone
Beauty 4 / Explosion
Beauty 2 / Rip Evo
Carcinus
Smash
Tuff Luck
Relentless
Alpha
Terror Turtle
Suprize

The last robots on the list as far as I am aware do not have partners. If you find a partner just post and let us know.

Theres been some slight changes to the overall timetable, nothing you guys need to worry about but once i've re-written the schedule and had it OK'd I'll pass it onto you. That should be before the end of the day.
Roboteers e-mails are going out as soon as i have the revised schedual.

**calumco** · 4th September 2009, 09:13

theres a few teams in there that scare the hell out of me lol

really can't wait to see the draw

**teamshock** · 4th September 2009, 09:48

Grant,

Aftershock is now with Heatwave

Whirlpool is now with Crumple Zone

Should be an interesting draw!!

**RogueTwoRobots** · 4th September 2009, 09:52

LS2 / LH2
360 / Savage Evo

Beauty 4 / Explosion
Beauty 2 / Rip Evo

Those are the four that I'll be keeping my eye firmly on. LS2/LH2 and 360/Savage Evo for the destruction aspect involved, and Beauty 4/Explosion and Beauty 2/Rip Evo for the flipping factor. Although the team that scares me the most is Drumroll/Hornet 2 :wink: (VFTW!)

Carcinus is open to being paired with anyone, its still getting built but will be a grabbing claw robot similar to Calum's Pinsor. My dad's driving so that may be a weakpoint :blush: