Robo Challenge - 2013 FRA UK Featherweight Championships!

[razerdave]

Hey Alex

Well, we know the 18 qualifiers for the next round:

720
LS4
Explosion
Beauty 2
LF3
LH3
Rabid
NST
Inertia XL
Tormenta 2
Tiny Toon
Beauty 7
Drumroll
Galactus
Massacre
Satanix
Cicatrix
Binky

[psycho_fling]

any results guys?????

[RainbowCrumbs]

Wish I could be there - was a last minute realisation for me and I'm already double booked this weekend. One of these days I'll catch up and be able to join you lovely lot in one event

[harry hills]

Got all packed up now. put some extra wheelguards on for the first fight, I'm going to need them. Had a slight incident with the shaft for Massacre so I've had to bodge up a new one, should hold okay though.
Not looking forward to it yet, normally once I've got past tech check I relax and start enjoying myself
Will be a good day methinks, even if I'm just running as a pusher.

[MudnuK]

Any chance of some updates between the qualifying sessions; who has won, who is looking good, highlights?

Prepare for spoilers, though I'll try to keep them minor.
I'd say 720, LF3 and Beauty all did well, as did Ricochet which was well-driven, even if it couldn't do a lot of damage. NST was deadly, but lost one fight. Predator was a disappointment I'm afraid. It looked great but was beaten by itself really. Tormenta did well but suffered quite bad damage to the weapon. There was a lot of destruction, and a lot of robots had to pull out of some battles.
On the whole, I really enjoyed this, and I can't wait 'til Sunday!

[harry hills]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zVOx...=youtube_gdata

Well, I might be able to use it with the spinner, but see what happens.
Cheers.

[Eventorizon]

Any chance of some updates between the qualifying sessions; who has won, who is looking good, highlights?

Binky is now ready, just giving the batteries a charge, fitted with its new 1.2mm Ti5 ground scraping blade.

Conker II is almost repaired after yesterdays accident.

Just beginning to gather the tools together and find boxes to put the robots in, which is hard as both of them are over 500mm wide and 350mm long!

[ChrisKazoo]

Good luck to everyone at the Champs, I'll be there next year!

[razerdave]

Hey guys

I need a room. Where I was going to stay has had a problem so I have nowhere to stay tonight. Can anyone help ?

[joey_picus]

A packed lunch? You can't send the robot into its first battle without a packed lunch!

Don't forget the Frubes and cheese strings

[RogueTwoRobots]

That all sounds fine to me, can't see anything major missing.

[harry hills]

Thank you Jamie, if it ends up not spinning, its no big deal.
I can't make it up tomorrow, just Saturday. Incredibly nervous, not about the spinners, just about tech checks and my robot falling to pieces. In theory there are no problems, I've got a 2mm ti baseplate, 100a fuses, all the wiring is the same sort that is on the lipo, 12awg silicone stuff, everything failsafes, I've got locking bars for the bar, sharp edge protection, lipo bags and balance charger and a cradle of course. Is there anything i'm missing?

[RogueTwoRobots]

Massacre's looking good Harry. If you're still having problems with the weapon I'm sure between us all we'll be able to get it up and running. Will be much more fun if we're all spinning in Q1
Are you around tomorrow or just turning up on Saturday?

EDIT: The battles should start around 10am

[MudnuK]

Might be a little late, but when does the fighting start? I don't want to miss anything.

[psychostorm]

Well that's the theory, Jamie. Despite being out third attempt they still managed to argue the toss.