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[razerdave]

... re=related second biggest roboteering fail I've seen on Youtube

[terry]

blimey there isnt any polycarbonate around their arena , these guys are nutters :shock: :shock:

[razerdave]

It wouldn't be so bad if they weren't stoood RIGHT THERE next to active robots!

[RogueTwoRobots]

DragonCon's been like that for years, they don't allow spinners (obviously) and there are limitations on weapons but there doesn't appear to have been any serious accidents (although I haven't studied any event in detail).

Personally, I quite like their close-up approach.

[mattsdragons]

those guys genuinly seem nuts but its very quick to start and stop battles though

[daliad100]

All of their spinning weapons have a limited tip speed of 20 feet/sec to limit KE levels and make it safe(ish)

[RogueTwoRobots]

Yeah they're more like rotational electric lifters/flippers than spinners, but it seems to work quite well. I especially love Dale Heatherington's electric rotary flipper: http://www.wa4dsy.com/robot/omegaforce2-robot

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Zander Jones Wakeskating on a river jumping a weir using a Gimp Winch.
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