a beginners sub section?

[team_orr]

hi all, just a quick idea...

we seem to always be getting a lot of new users joining up and saying stuff like hi, i want to build a robot but i dont know where to start or what parts do i need, where can i get them from?,and we seem to be repeating ourselves over and over...

perhaps we should have a section for newcomers to ask their q +a? or have a guide with usefull links/tips stickied to the tops of boards so they can just read it and get a basic idea, and then ask any remaining questions?

just a quicky, but may be a usefull idea...

discuss...

jack

[Roland]

Re: a beginners sub section?

Being a newbie myself, I personally think that would be good, but I do think it should be a locked thread, that was updated by one or more user every so often, that would stop clutter, then people could ask any other questions in their own thread.
This FAQ thread would have to be quite extensive. It would need to cover a large amount of information, from buying tools to practising driving, if it were to become more useful than setting up your own thread, as your own thread is tailored to your own building scheme.
It sounds good on paper.

-Roland

[Bodge Job]

Re: a beginners sub section?

thats a good idea

[dragonmaster_1]

Re: a beginners sub section?

www.riobotz.com.br/en/tutorial.html

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: a beginners sub section?

This is an idea that has been suggested several times, yet the fact that it has been suggested again clearly means nothing has come of past requests.

I agree with it, as there have been several new build and help questions surface in recent weeks. On the old forum, it was harder to get 'sticky' topics as the program used didn't seem to support such actions. We can get 'sticky' threads here though so it should certainly be do-able.

There have also been moves to create a new builder's helpbook written by FRA members I believe, bascially our equivalent (although maybe not as thorough) of the Riobotz tutorial, and a Fighting Robots wiki page with all sorts of helpful topics and pages for beginners. Obviously these aren't ready to go online yet (people are due to be busy with other things such as work) but if there's anything needing done to help make these utilities available, I'd be happy to contribute as I've got a fair amount of free time in the coming weeks.

[Metal Demons]

Re: a beginners sub section?

If you want anything written about the more serious engineering / materials / how to do general mechanical stuff right / engineering maths side of things, I'd be willing to type something up

[rallikas]

Re: a beginners sub section?

http://www.riobotz.com.br/en/tutorial.html

Read

[team_orr]

Re: a beginners sub section?

indeed, i read it back when i first started, helped a lot...

good ideas guys, perhaps we should create a community guide? on how to build a basic robot, that people can add too and edit when new ideas/products come to the market?

keep it up!

jack

[rallikas]

Re: a beginners sub section?

I would like to do a ground-up simple bot build video series! Really.
What do you think? For FW bot would be the best, i think.

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: a beginners sub section?

That's something I've always thought of doing but never had the time, a decent audio-visual setup or a voice I like the sound of on camera
If it could be done though it would be one hell of a resource, especially if it was for the featherweight class.

[rallikas]

Re: a beginners sub section?

But should it be just a wedge or maybe a electric lifter? These look best choices for a beginner. I think lifter makes build and fighting a bit more interesting, but still safer to operate/test.

Share your opinions?

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: a beginners sub section?

One with an electric lifter could be good, as it provides a step-by-step guide to building a weapon for those who wish to, but if anyone just wants a wedge/passive robot, they can stop after the basics have been covered and just armour up their robot.

[team_orr]

Re: a beginners sub section?

its somthing i have always thought od doing but never had the time...but hey! its the summer holidays! :wink:

[Roland]

Re: a beginners sub section?

Or wouldn't it just be easier to post step by step videos of how you are creating your current Robot so people get a feel for why things are meant to go where they are?

-Roland

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: a beginners sub section?

I'll hopefully be starting my new robot build soon so that's something I might try and see how well it works. No guarantees it'll turn into a useful production though