Featherweight Restrictions

[Thekinky1]

Hi everyone,

This is my first thread and I just started designing my first robot so I'm still pretty new to the game, it's going to be a featherweight because of well....... money.
I was just wondering if you guys can tell me if there are any size restrictions when making a featherweight? I've been over the rules but can't see anything.

[maddox10]

In the past the rules gave the max dimensions of a machine of any weightclass except antweights.

1m*1.4m*2m

But nobody ever tried that large, not even in the superheavyweight class.

[Garfie489]

The size limit of any weight class varies depending on however big the door is of that particular arena

In all seriousness though, unless you deliberately trying to make a stupidly big featherweight it won't be over - the weight of the components limits it unless you using paper thin armour over a massive area

[beast]

Or NO ARMOUR

[craig_colliass]

In the past the rules gave the max dimensions of a machine of any weightclass except antweights.

1m*1.4m*2m

But nobody ever tried that large, not even in the superheavyweight class.

Mmmmmmm!!!! Gabriel got close

As far as Featherweights are concerned there is no real limit as the weight is so light I suppose the biggest featherweight as in height width and overall length would have been Seraph.
520mm high 900mm wide and 1200mm long.

[Thekinky1]

Epic new guys, my build can go ahead as planned thanks a lot

[RogueTwoRobots]

If it's any help, the Robo Challenge arena is 3.6m x 4.8m, so if you want to compete in those events, just make sure you can fit in there

The Robots Live and Extreme Robots events run the feather fights in their heavyweight arenas, so unless you've got something ridiculously crazy planned, you should be fine

[Tramp]

Out of curiosity, what sort of size are the real life dimensions of a featherweight? Obviously they can be whatever people want but, what the average sort of size would be nice,

[Pinski1]

Mine is 450mm x 400mm x 70mm, and it's quite a bit too large.

[R9000]

Yeah feathers are usually like, a little bigger than your average RC car.

[Tramp]

Thanks that's great I've never seen a feather weight and it's nice to be able to appreciate the size. it's hard to plan your own when you've no concept of the dimensions! thank you

[Liftoff]

Watch out for the weight, because that's your biggest headache. So try to estimate the weight of your components before you actually start building as it will be difficult to put your machine on a diet once it's built. Weight will dictate the size your robot can grow up to.