Classic car park fights

[mattsdragons]

Do many of these happen anymore?

An event along the lines of a few teams meet up and just have some fun if the right area was found to do it?

[mattsdragons]

Re: Classic car park fights

Or something like a school playground with a few plug sockets?

[typhoon_driver]

Re: Classic car park fights

In short no, too dangerous

[mattsdragons]

Re: Classic car park fights

Not even for feathers, if you didn't allow spinners?

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: Classic car park fights

Even if it wasn't that dangerous, it's hardly worth it these days when there are so many live events on where you can go along and compete against many other robots in a proper fighting environment. Car park fights originated mainly as a result of not having an arena to fight in (either when RW wasn't being filmed, or after its demise) but that's not really much of an issue today.

[mattsdragons]

Re: Classic car park fights

It would be nice to see an event during the summer since there is nothing between June and september

[craig_colliass]

Re: Classic car park fights

The 1.3Kg class would be good for this type of meeting as you could have the arena carried in the back of a small van and put up in someone's garden. a few whiteboard fights and a BBQ going, It is a private event so come at your own risk. You could have several in the different areas around the UK so no one has to travel too far,

[mattsdragons]

Re: Classic car park fights

it wouldnt be hard to make a feather arena out of some plywood and wooden walls, just got to keep far enough back to avoid the power flippers and keeps your wits about you.

its something that if people were willing to take the risk, it could be a nice little event

[harry hills]

Re: Classic car park fights

it would be more probable for beetleweights rather then featherweights.
but if you organize it, get the wood for the floor then i would be happy to atend

[mattsdragons]

Re: Classic car park fights

I would rather do a feather even since I can then fight myself

[harry hills]

Re: Classic car park fights

like i said if you orgaize it and do all the safty precautions i will come

[mattsdragons]

Re: Classic car park fights

if we got a large enough place to host it in or were just careful with what bots came (ie, no minster flippers) it could even be done in our garden

[team_orr]

Re: Classic car park fights

It sounds like RFRC
it looks a bit dangerous to do this with the heavyweights (what with all the c02 and stuff) and feathers are quite powerful nowadays, so perhaps either small amounts of featherweights or beetleweights/ants? or something like that, it kind of reminds me of a social meeting (which isnt bad i suppose) either way its not going to be a full on competition (take of that what you will).

at the last RFRC me, Matt Hunt and a few others had some fun with feathers in the (now MY) school basketball court, basically it resulted in several broken bins, large tyre tracks, and some scared cats (yep i got in trouble for that one...) it was fun but even then i could see dangers.

basically, BBQ's and demos are good, but perhaps just do that at the live events?
Jack

[mattsdragons]

Re: Classic car park fights

i think get permission from a schhol to use heir basket ball courts, someone to bring some c02 and bring a BBq and we could have quite a nice little event going here could we?

[team_orr]

Re: Classic car park fights

i did get permission from the school, i just think that when i said robots they thought RC cars rather that full pressure c02 flippers when i joined the school the caretaker was like its YOU!

anyway, all randomness aside, i think that a small social event like this would be great, its kind of what rfrc was designed to be, and everybody loved that...right? :twisted: