Wooden Robot Class

[Leonardomayo]

Re: Wooden Robot Class

I'm sorry, but I fail to see how a remote control car is more entertaining than a 3 saw bladed robot.

[Max]

Re: Wooden Robot Class

What are you doing about invertability?

[archie2000]

Re: Wooden Robot Class

Toy car gets smashed up by 3 saw robot
£3
3mins of fun

[harry hills]

Re: Wooden Robot Class

nope. its becoming irritating, for me anyway the amount of rc cars around, normaly in classes such as the flea's but i have seen a few featherweights that are are just toy cars with a bit of wood strapped to them.

[Leonardomayo]

Re: Wooden Robot Class

But the outcome of that match is always going to be the 3 saw blade robot winning, plus after you've seen one match like that you've seen them all. Surely a match between 2 decent robots would be more entertaining? (Explosion vs Little Hitter, Ls4 vs 540 or something)
And the effort to make the rc car abide by the rules probably isn't worth it for something that is frowned upon and going to be destroyed anyway.

Anyway, my wooden robot is coming on alright, it's a bit big though. May not have as much weight left over as I thought I would.

[PJ-27]

Re: Wooden Robot Class

What are you doing about invertability?

Hoping I don't get flipped.... Making the design invertible would have taken some decent thought, time and parts unfortunately.

[PJ-27]

Re: Wooden Robot Class

Mounted the blades with help from Dan yesterday. Just a couple more things to do then it just needs wiring up!

[PJ-27]

Re: Wooden Robot Class

Had some family over for Easter so thought I'd fire up BitzaWood and through bits-of-wood at it.

[Leonardomayo]

Re: Wooden Robot Class

Looks suitably lethal, did you get any videos?
Oh and;

Johnny 2x4, reporting for duty.

[PJ-27]

Re: Wooden Robot Class

Well we almost had a wooden robot fight!

BitzaWood never got running, but it's a simple fix I'll do in time for the next event, gives some other people time to get their bots together. I take it Johnny 2x4 is still in one piece?

[Leonardomayo]

Re: Wooden Robot Class

Johnny 2x4 is in one piece, just! The wheels were at weird angles by the end of the day. LS4 also very nearly did the battery in so I need another one of them. The speed controller isn't looking steller, either.
I'll rebuild him eventually, in an ideal world he'd be ready for Aylesbury but I severely doubt it. might even put a wedge on him so he might be able to push something!
One concern I have though, is will Bitzawood be able to run anywhere now? AFAIK there aren't any FW spinner events for a good while now and I don't remember seeing circular saws getting the green light. Unless we all go over to MMM. :P

[PJ-27]

Re: Wooden Robot Class

The next spinning event will be MMM, unless RoboChallenge host something between now and next years champs.

As for circular saw blades, James and Grant seemed keen to test them out, which is one of the main reasons I built BitzaWood, just couldn't make it over to the Fleet event and couldn't get it running at the GSL.

I guess we'll have to see what events come up. I've heard quite a few UK peeps are pretty keen on heading over to MMM.

[Leonardomayo]

Re: Wooden Robot Class

Well, if the mountain won't come to Mohammed...

[JammyONE]

Re: Wooden Robot Class

I like to ask what are those gold things in the bulkheads?

[PJ-27]

Re: Wooden Robot Class

On which robot?

Did you not manage to make it to the GSL with Mr Pink in the end then? I was looking forward to seeing it, always said we should make a FW La Machine.