Question of the day

[swanny]

Hi. I'm James Swann from Brighton im 15 and i love robots and robot wars got me into it. i was wondering:
How old were you when you first attempted a robot? The good thing is my dads a welder and yeah thats it

[Ellis]

Re: Question of the day

I started watching Robot Wars at about 3 years old, and from then I did the standard RC-car with spikes on it business. Our first real machine (Tormenta), though, was started towards the end of 2011, when I was 15.

[mattsdragons]

Re: Question of the day

Think I was 14 when I did my first bot

Im 16 now and got hold of bulldog breed, god knows how I did that xD

Built 3 feathers, rebuilt one of them and an building up the chassis for a 4th. Also restored SMIDSY so it was at least workin in the most old school way possible (4QD's and Hawkers) before it was sold to fund bulldog

[Eventorizon]

Re: Question of the day

First actual robot was Conker... started designing it when I was 17 and finally finished it just after my 20th birthday; yes it took 3 years before I was happy and it still left the arena in bits!

I tried to build an antweight when I was about 14 but the transmitter and receiver never seemed to be able to talk so all the thing did was twitch in circles until my cat bit the arial off

[swanny]

Re: Question of the day

Haha thanks guys- well done for getting such a good robot in Bulldog Breed :O i hope to build one, what would be a good starter

[maddox10]

Re: Question of the day

I was 28 when I started with Project One.

[mattsdragons]

Re: Question of the day

Even I dont know how I got Bulldog, luck and having cash at the right time mostly

I would say got for a feather weight, easy to build and can be done so for about £100

Some would say ant weight as they are cheaper but I find them too small and fiddly to work on, and building bigger stuff is always better

[swanny]

Re: Question of the day

Lucky boy mattsdragon, its a fantastic machine. i joined the fb group too, ive always wanted to do this and meet with roboteers. I'm really glad my stepdads a welder lol
I might and try one after ive finished my GCSE's

[swanaldo]

Re: Question of the day

Another Swan.

[swanny]

Re: Question of the day

The brilliant animal itself swanaldo

[terry]

Re: Question of the day

Now we've got em in stereo !

[psychostorm]

Re: Question of the day

Another Swan.

TBH, I quite like a team of Swans.

[swanny]

Re: Question of the day

Who doesnt psychostorm? Would it be best to make a rambot for a first time? like tornado but a featherweight

[psychostorm]

Re: Question of the day

Would it be best to make a rambot for a first time? like tornado but a featherweight

Is normally the first thing that is advised around here. LOL

I mean, don't worry if it doesn't have Tornado's ability to push absolutely everything without fail. Just see it as a step of trial & error to a better machine.

[swanny]

Re: Question of the day

haha good guess then! ill try after my gcses, shouldnt be too expensive either