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Gary, since Im agreeing with you about the problems of costing robots, given things like sponsorship, Idve thought it obvious that I was talking about the real cost of Typhoon, not what your team actually paid for it. I nearly wrote expensively made or in real terms but thought that was unnecessarily pedantic... In fairness Im taking it as fact that BAe made the main ring and factoring in the astronomic cost of doing that as a business transaction rather than as sponsorship. Maybe I heard wrong. In any event even a few thousand would still put it among the most expensively made UK robots. The point I was making (or thought I was), is that extreme engineering solutions can give options that are not available at pocket money prices. Its no coincidence that most of the top-flight UK heavyweights would be expensive to make- whether or not the builders actually forked out their own money. Its not a coincidence that they are all well designed and driven either! Im not fussed what people spend on their machines, as Ive already said.
David, I didnt suggest that money is a substitute for skill and experience. I said: ...financial resources and sophisticated engineering capabilities are a distinct advantage all else being equal. Not that suprising or controversial a statement Id have thought. If Woody and I had a few hundred quid to spend, Ka-Pow! would almost certainly be a tougher, smaller and more competitive robot. Alans considerable skills and expertise and my more modest abilities would not have changed at all.
(Message edited by lex on August 13, 2007)
Gary, since Im agreeing with you about the problems of costing robots, given things like sponsorship, Idve thought it obvious that I was talking about the real cost of Typhoon, not what your team actually paid for it. I nearly wrote expensively made or in real terms but thought that was unnecessarily pedantic... In fairness Im taking it as fact that BAe made the main ring and factoring in the astronomic cost of doing that as a business transaction rather than as sponsorship. Maybe I heard wrong. In any event even a few thousand would still put it among the most expensively made UK robots. The point I was making (or thought I was), is that extreme engineering solutions can give options that are not available at pocket money prices. Its no coincidence that most of the top-flight UK heavyweights would be expensive to make- whether or not the builders actually forked out their own money. Its not a coincidence that they are all well designed and driven either! Im not fussed what people spend on their machines, as Ive already said.
David, I didnt suggest that money is a substitute for skill and experience. I said: ...financial resources and sophisticated engineering capabilities are a distinct advantage all else being equal. Not that suprising or controversial a statement Id have thought. If Woody and I had a few hundred quid to spend, Ka-Pow! would almost certainly be a tougher, smaller and more competitive robot. Alans considerable skills and expertise and my more modest abilities would not have changed at all.
(Message edited by lex on August 13, 2007)
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