Bettleweights ?

[aliboy]

Hi , I was wondering if anybody else is interested in the Bettleweight class ( 1.362 kg ) , i have been working on a little robot mainly using Cybot drives and an old rc speedo and willl soon have a vertical blade . So any body else interestd in this clas ?

[ewan]

Bettleweights ?

If anything, kilobots (1kg) would probably be a more sensible class to start up in the UK, so just cut your weight by 362g and youd be fine

[leorcc]

Bettleweights ?

I think there is to much of a spread in weightclasses anyway. Ants, Raptors, Feathers and middleweights apart from the heavies is in my opinion plenty of difference.

What possible advantage is a 1 kg weightclass going to be? its a Sozweight where the builder couldnt stay within the weightlimit.

[ewan]

Bettleweights ?

What possible advantage is a 1 kg weightclass going to be?

I was just mentioning that as its metric

[Mouldy]

Bettleweights ?

1kg bots are fun...I made 2 once, a spinner with a 40mm disc powered by a speed 400 and a miniture M2. Although i couldnt get the pneumatics to work very well. There good fun though

[razerdave]

Bettleweights ?

I tried to make a kilobot, but it turns out the one-peice steel plate chassis was over 900g, so Im making it a raptorweight instead

[robotic_ants]

Bettleweights ?

Yes Kilobot (1kg) ah now I developed a Big Cheese like flipper, very fun but got dismantled during my Antweight faze... but there was quite some interest amongst the Antweight builders on the old RobotWars 101 forum...!

Chris - ^_^

[bulldoser]

Bettleweights ?

agh good so there are other 1 kilo bots out there

[dgr]

Bettleweights ?

Why make it its own weight catergory when bots weighing a kilo can enter the featherweight one as it is?
I know it probably gives them less of a chance against a 12kg machine, but soon, wont you just have every single kilo as an extra weight division? 2kiloweights, 3kiloweights ect. Seems daft to me, thats all.

[john_frizell]

Bettleweights ?

The Americans have a 3 lb (1.35 kg) class. The next big event is the San Francisco robot games in June and entries are open until May 15. You could ask them if they will do run by proxy and then mail your robot over and let them drive it for you. [If you do this you will want 27 MHz radio - it is the only band we have in common with them.]
Could be fun.