Robo Challenge Tag Team Champs & Power Tool Drag racing!

[blazerbotics]

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Do i just bring my £10 along with me? Any luck on campsites, i had a quick search there was one about a mile away but was an adult only, and probably wouldnt like us lot disrupting the peace! If not i'll crash at Davids. Hopefully i will have my new toy to play with by then as well.

[calumco]

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

i think you have to make out a cheque for the £10 to robochallenge or something like that, not totally sure though.

[grant_ploughbot]

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

Were just sorting out some final details regarding camping and payment etc, so we'll be putting more details up about those very soon.

[blazerbotics]

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

What sort of times/speeds were the dragsters getting last year?

[grant_ploughbot]

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

Final top speeds werent recorded last year, we have just finished developing the new system with will show your final top speeds.

The average speed for the modified class was about 2.5-3 seconds on a 16m (approximate) length track. If you could get in the low 2's or below you were extreamly quick.

We have thrown away the old track and built a new one thats now much longer, with adjustable feet so there wont be any bumps or curves in the track so top speeds should hopefully be much quicker.

[muchalucha]

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ive always wanted to build a power tool racer , as soon as an old angle grinder comes my way , im in

[bigflipper]

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1st test of our small destructive dragster on 24 foot track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTn1N1hNVxM

[blazerbotics]

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Grr i can't see the video

[grant_ploughbot]

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Looks like its got some potential!!!
One thing i would suggest though is widening the front to keep it in a really straigh tline down the track. Bouncing around will slow it down alot

[big_nipper]

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Graeme will put some piano wire loops at the front and back, hopefully will stop it. In the vid it doesn't sound like it but there were cushions to stop it at the end, it just missed them and hit an aluminium plate.

Now for making the serious one with 2 angle grinders

[Mouldy]

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Any place's left? i got a new job finnishing my mechanical engineering apprenticeship and hnc at cadburys free choccy for all lol

[grant_ploughbot]

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Awesome Dave!
Hopefully 360 will be on top form for then...

We have loads of new info to put up very soon, we have been for another meeting down in Yeovil today so once we've finalised the last couple of bits we will update!

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Oops! I was thinking to myself that I'd entered this event already but suddenly realised I've still to fill in the forms! :blush:
Best get onto my teammate to see if he can make it

Awesome news Dave, and congrats on getting the job at Cadburys!
I have to disagree with Grant though, hopefully 360 will be performing well but not quite at top form so we can take it out in the final

And you know what you need to do now? Get the spiral painted on 360's disc - out of chocolate

[big_nipper]

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Was looking at youtube over lunch, This is one I've not seen before Take a look after about 23 seconds see if you recognise him and his wheels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9akXsuWyha0

[Mouldy]

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Got a quetion about the one driver per robot thing..

As you guys know i normally get kenny to run my disc and selfwrighter as its on a seperate remote to the drive.. Do i need someone who isnt driving another robot to do my disc for me? or can i get anyone who is fighting to do it for me? AKA anyone around at the time?