2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

[psycho_fling]

Re: 2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

excuse me

dont forget block of wood is part tree part robot its naturally gonna be hard to drive :P

[beast]

Re: 2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

yes but Beauty ? you are driving so it better be good

[mattsdragons]

Re: 2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

Anyone got a pair or drill motors spare? 12v really

Can collect at the champs, know its a wanted thing but it's more place specific here

[SamO]

Re: 2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

Can anyone confirm exactly where the UK Featherweight Championships 2012 are being held. There is nothing on the Gadget Show Live Website and having contacted them we have been told that it will not be there this year. Whats going on ?

[dragonmaster]

Re: 2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

here
http://www.gadgetshowlive.net/Content/W ... -Show-Live

[Eventorizon]

Re: 2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

A couple of wiring questions...

When fitting a fuse to your batteries does the positioning of the fuse make a difference? For example, could the fuse be on the negative side of the battery after all the other components or does it have to bet the first thing in the system?

Then the same again for the Removable Link.

(Cos of the positioning of my weapon motors, weapon battery and my removable link I have given myself a wiring headache, moving some parts will make the system so much simpler to wire and fault find)

[razerdave]

Re: 2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

Generally speaking its preferred to have it on the positive side so the current doesn't go through the speed controller first.

On an unrelated topic:

I'm trying to sort out accomondation for the event, cheapest I have found is £86 for both nights. Only issue is its 9 miles away from the venue. Just wondering if anyone had already booked and had a spare bed, or anyone thats not booked would be willing to split the costs of this one ?

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: 2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

Just bring a tent and pitch it in the arena overnight
(helpful post I know )

[razerdave]

Re: 2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

Can't be any worse than sleeping in my car!

[PJ-27]

Re: 2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

Generally speaking its preferred to have it on the positive side so the current doesn't go through the speed controller first.

The great myth that is which way does electricity flow? I've been told so many different ways that I can't even remember which one is correct now....

[Max]

Re: 2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

Conventional current (traditional version) is positive to negative but electrons (electricity) actually flows from negative to possitive so I think it should be on the negative side.

Or play it safe and have it on both!!!

[plargen]

Re: 2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

true electrons are negatively charged so technically the current flows negative to positive, i think originally the believed that they were positively charged so it kind of became the common belief that it was positive to negative .......... lol the only bit i was ever good at in physics (well good ish)

and as far as i'm aware on the fuse side of things it doesn't matter where the fuse goes in the circuit it will still give up when the amps drawn exceeds the rating

[Max]

Re: 2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

However a flow of negative charge one way is the same as a flow of positive charge the other way so positive charge goes from positive to negative so both ways can be seen as right!

[beast]

Re: 2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

most people i know always fit the link on the pos side (but really i dont think it matters)

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: 2012 FRA UK Featherweight Championships by RoboChallenge

Took a delivery of nice toys for inter-fight demonstrations, incase the Robo Challenge supplies are running low

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