Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

[robotwars]

Re: Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

can i ask about the robots. . . ,

how the competition will be done?

There doesn't seem to be much time for a big competition with rounds and loosers mellee's etc like normal. ?

Interested to know what happens if you get knocked out in the first round. . . Do you just go and play with yr drag racer instead?

I noticed no actual planned white board fights in the schedule.. . . Just so we know what to expect when we get there. :-)

[calumco]

Re: Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

in relation to what john just asked- well sort of, whilst all the drag racing is going on, if a roboteer isn't needed again or isn't needed for ages, are we ok to have our own little whiteboard type fights?

[grant_ploughbot]

Re: Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

The format is exactly the same as the last Tag team event we ran!
And as usual, after the first rounds the other shows will have whiteboards in.

Each team will have two fights in the first round which will fill up the first 2 sessions. This will be scored up on a points system and the top 8 teams will go through to the next round. From then in its a straight knockout untill the finals, with a 3rd and 4th place play-off as we did at thinktank last time. We hope there will be a good number of whiteboards as usual.

During the Drag racing the arena will be shut off so no fighting whilst thats going on. If one of us are around the arena then testing can be done as usual.

This is no different to our Thinktank event, only its spread over 2 days with drag racing in between and camping.
No event update i've ever seen has ever written down how many whiteboards are in each session? Depending on how smoothly the day runs will depend how many more whiteboards we can add in.

[robotwars]

Re: Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

thx thats all i wanted to know.

[cliveb]

Re: Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

Any chance of a list of who has signed up and with whom they are partnering please.

[beast]

Re: Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

ok question ?

for my destructive wheels do i have just 1 saw blade each side or 2 with a gap in middle

Aldi £4.99 each for 2

John

[psycho_fling]

Re: Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

Is anyone travelling from the derbyshire nottinghamshire or passing the area?

migth need a lift from someone with room in their vechile who doesn't mind me tagging along, i would pay for my sahre of petrol etc

http://www.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source ... .1684&z=13

google map of the town i live see if anyone will be pasiing

cheers Alex

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

for my destructive wheels do i have just 1 saw blade each side or 2 with a gap in middle

Gotta be two surely, more of a contact surface (albeit the edge of a blade) to get the power down. If I was racing a destructive dragster, I'd say one of course to hinder the competition but I'm Stock so its fine

[terrorhurtz]

Re: Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

One circular saw blade each side works fine, even the thin ones designed for cordless circular saws, as long as you have most of the weight on them.
And if you have most of the weight on them, you of course need long wheely bars out the back to stop it flipping over (long wheely bars are much better than short ones, coz they take less weight off the drive wheels when they touch the ground).
see http://www.slowcarclub.com/santapod-07/drag-bike.jpg

[grant_ploughbot]

Re: Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

Dont let all the secrets out john
We tested waynes dragster yesterday and even with rubber tyres on it wheelied and flipped onto its back - so put a wheely bar on if you think it might!

The List of entries and teams so far are below. If i've missed anyone off let me know asap.

Tiny Toon/The Toonimator
4 4 Toon/ Looney Toon
Drumroll / Hornet
Satanix / Blitz
Basher / PloughBot
LS2 / LH2
Trouble Starter / Kahn Evo
360 / Savage Evo
Extreme 5 / P.S.M.B
Heatwave / Whirlpool
Aftershock / Crumple Zone
Beauty 4 / Explosion
Beauty 2 / Rip Evo
Carcinus
Smash
Tuff Luck
Relentless
Alpha
Terror Turtle
Suprize


The last robots on the list as far as I am aware do not have partners. If you find a partner just post and let us know.

Theres been some slight changes to the overall timetable, nothing you guys need to worry about but once i've re-written the schedule and had it OK'd I'll pass it onto you. That should be before the end of the day.
Roboteers e-mails are going out as soon as i have the revised schedual.

[calumco]

Re: Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

theres a few teams in there that scare the hell out of me lol

really can't wait to see the draw

[teamshock]

Re: Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

Grant,

Aftershock is now with Heatwave

Whirlpool is now with Crumple Zone

Should be an interesting draw!!

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

LS2 / LH2
360 / Savage Evo

Beauty 4 / Explosion
Beauty 2 / Rip Evo

Those are the four that I'll be keeping my eye firmly on. LS2/LH2 and 360/Savage Evo for the destruction aspect involved, and Beauty 4/Explosion and Beauty 2/Rip Evo for the flipping factor. Although the team that scares me the most is Drumroll/Hornet 2 :wink: (VFTW!)

Carcinus is open to being paired with anyone, its still getting built but will be a grabbing claw robot similar to Calum's Pinsor. My dad's driving so that may be a weakpoint :blush:

[cliveb]

Re: Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

Beware of the Toon Army :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[robotwars]

Re: Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

ha ha ha theres always one joker !!!!