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[grant_ploughbot]

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James, we would appreciate it that if you have a problem with us if you e-mail either james or I. I dont understand why your doing this but i would rather you didnt, and sort whatever it out off the forum!

incase you forget, jamess email is james@robochallenge.co.uk and mine is coop_bmx@msn.com

[jamesb]

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im sorry nobody can take a joke grant,

people made fun of dominators plasma nitride coated titanium as a creative way of making something sound better than it is. (my understanding was it was painted steel, but maybe we should call in the mythbusters on that one)

if i have anything to say to you or james i will.

back on topic,
maybe mentorn wanted robots to struggle with their ground clearance? that is why they has the assault course. uneven floors mean super low front ends have a disadvantage to counteract the obvious advantages? Venom has exactly this problem, by having a super low ground clearance you get stuck sometimes.

[grant_ploughbot]

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I was refering to quite a few more of your comments over the last year james. i dont see the funny side of them? The polyurethane is in a thick paint form this comment is a very brief explanation of what it really is!

Thats one reason venom doesnt fight much - he doesnt have the weight to make the adjustable front end.
We have used the same coating as dominator - its a form of case hardening that razer also has.

[james...venom]

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im gonna steal something someone else created and pass it off as my own

Oh shutup james

just like you jc

Sorry James im not seeing the funny side of your jokes, not even understanding what your above post ment? Constant critisism and going against everything we say isnt my idea of funny so i would appriciate it stopping.

[jamesb]

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so you see the joke now?
good
(posted before the above... sighs)

if the weight goes up to 13.6kg you could have an adjustable from end just like razers? good news eh? wed see you at more events.

you could always show up on your own grant, i believe ploughbot has no floor issues?

on another floor related point, the old ploughbot may have had problems on the XFM arena as it is now. it has a very grippy surface, and high grip 4wd robots struggle a bit, as i found out at farnborough. the new ploughbot should be fine, but floor grip is an issue i think, as much as smoothness?

(Message edited by jamesb on July 26, 2006)

[jamesb]

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and another floor related issue that maybe of interest.

If all arenas were low grip, would pushers still have an advantage? i believe so.
maybe we should look at possible benefits of slippy floors? such as safety (harder to get to top speed in the distance) reliability (harder to blow motors as wheels spin easily) and challenge (robots are trickier to control)

just an idea to improve the shows?

[leorcc]

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Im already powersliding on the Roaming robots floor with my feather, I dont need more slippery surfaces.

[dragonmaster_1]

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Slippy floors no thanks Baromot all ready spins its wheels on all existing arena floors

[ewan]

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Not a good idea methinks, you need the grip for a good show - youve just got to build your machine for it. The current arenas are hardly grippy at all, especially with all the dust and rubbish that covers them half the time when theyre not brushed down and could be grippier.

You may want the slip for pay-to-drives but save it for them only (and if you do use ultra slippery wheels/floors for pay-to-drives the control is pretty sh*t, not that youd care obviously)

[grant_ploughbot]

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Ploughbot spins on fast turns in every arena i have been in, and so slippery floors would be a big no. Our pay-to-drives arena uses the same floor(slightly thinner plywood) than our large arena, and the same types of coating and they still run for a very long time with reasonable wheels on them so they drive fairly easily.
Our Kits are two wheel drive and so the batteries are not as effected as 4wheel robots would be.

[james...venom]

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Maybe have diffrent floor panels, some with more grip and others that are super slippy, like the ones surrounding the pit lol.

[jamesb]

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great idea