New RR arena !!

[robotwars]

Re: New RR arena !!

Hiya,

The thing is with Class 2 arena's is not really about the cost to make it, its more logisitcs of moving it around and building it and still making it viable to fit in with the current events.

Take the RoboChallenge arena.. I believe even the small feather weight class 2 arena they have takes a 7.5 Ton truck and a van.
The current RL arena i think takes a 7.5t truck and two vans.
The current RR arena including Major Damage, 2 payto drive arenas / equipment only takes two 7.5t trucks.

A class 2 HW arena is going to severely bump up the transport cost, and build time... plus i dont think people will fight spinners every month.

I have considered it, but dismissed it as a bad idea at the moment.

Regards

John
Roaming Robots

[almost_there]

Re: New RR arena !!

Ah, I see, so it would only be viable for arenas that stayed in one place, which defeats the point of ROAMING robots.

[robotic_ants]

Re: New RR arena !!

Been looking into arena's and there construction recently, one of the main american arenas has dual layer polycarbonate up to waist level and single layer above. This arena is used for every weight class including SHW Spinners, but under UK rules the arena in question would only be rated as a Class 2. As a class two arena weapon types would be limited at heavyweight or above. This would exclude high powered spinners such as Last Rites and Super Megabyte which the USA builders accept.

So my question is would HW spinners be allowed if a UK arena was constructed in a similar way? I understand arena classification in the UK is based on the arenas weakest point, which would be the thinner upper poloycorbonate in this case which reduces it to a class 2 and limitations.

Maybe more of a point for the FRA than Jonno and RR. I'm sure insurance may pay a slight part in this but fully understand there may also be concerns about safety which I am not aware of.

(I've rewritten this around eight times if you can understand it well done )

[typhoon_driver]

Re: New RR arena !!

Even if the thickness of polycarb was reduced for half the arena would it reduce the size of the transportation and setup task? To properly deal with heavyweight spinners the floor would almost certainly have to be made from steel as well. The robot wars arena was replaced on a relatively regular basis