Classic car park fights

[team_orr]

Yeah, there's a whole world of difference between mucking around with 2 feather rammers that a full blown competition, so id really stick to the RR and RL shows

[mattsdragons]

If this did happen, there would be fairly tight rules on bots

[typhoon_driver]

There are tight rules for events and with good reason.years of experience making many mistakes. I would seriously advise against doing anything on school grounds as well

[team_orr]

Yeah, the only reason i was allowed on school grounds is because im doing GCSE DT and stuff, and the school are keen to get the word out they have good things happening at their school, oh and the scout hut is like 20 feet away, and even then it was hard to win them over, so yeah, if you want the relaxed atmosphere im thinking of doing another RFRC soonish, and im sure the food will be great probably very few featherweights though, and probably only rammers.

[harry hills]

yay mind you my robot would actualy have to go fast for it to be a rammer,its more of a gentle nudger

[mattsdragons]

I thing as long as it's not flippers, spinner and privacy axes then it would be fine?

[Danjr1]

Would be nice to have an event built purely around the competitors rather than the audience, like an rc car club.

[joey_picus]

Virtually all the standalone antweight events are run like that and it's, in my view, a lot more fun for it - spectators are of course perfectly welcome but they risk having a transmitter shoved in their hands if someone gets two of their own robots drawn against each other :P

The logistics of ants are far different though, the arena(s) can be transported in the back of someone's car and put together in 20 minutes so there's no real costs to recoup by having an audience - which there are with the larger arenas and all that comes with them.

[teamstorm]

I don't think you'll find any roboteer on here suggesting that fighting in car-parks is a good idea, regardless of whether they're just rammers or not. A 13Kg robot is a very different matter from a RC car hitting you in the leg/shin.

Of course what you do is entirely your own choice, however seeking support for doing this, on the FRA Forum when the FRA are the advocates of ensuring things are run safely is probably not the best place to seek support.

Maybe you should read the FRA Arena Build guidelines

http://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/documen ... Safety.pdf

There is the concept of a 'Class 5 arena' but even this is far more than 'just a car park'