13th - 20th Aug- Roaming Robots Summer Camp

[robotwars]

13th - 20th Aug- Roaming Robots Summer Camp

still working on it.,... park managers are so hard to contact..... i suppose its because they have a park to run.

JOhn

[tough_as_nails]

13th - 20th Aug- Roaming Robots Summer Camp

Any news yet?? It been a few weeks now since the last post.

[ewan]

13th - 20th Aug- Roaming Robots Summer Camp

Any hope of this going ahead?

[storm]

13th - 20th Aug- Roaming Robots Summer Camp

Jonno and the guys are in Holland at the moment Ewan. The last time I spoke to Jonno he said this was on his to do list as soon as he got back and he had still been having trouble getting any information out of Thorpe Park.

Im sure Jonno will let us all know when he has any new information.

Ed

[robotwars]

13th - 20th Aug- Roaming Robots Summer Camp

There will be more info as to whats happening in the next few days.

Rest assured im working on it.

JOhn

[babeth]

13th - 20th Aug- Roaming Robots Summer Camp

We would love to know because our new car is due for delivery during that week.
We can no longer use the van for long trips, and certainly not at night because the head-lights and the dashboard lights are almost completely dead now. We might also not have the money for the trip. Its become an expensive month for obvious reasons.

Look at my profile for the reason.

[storm]

13th - 20th Aug- Roaming Robots Summer Camp

You may have found replacing the bulbs in the dashboard a more cost effective option than buying an entire new car

Ed
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[babeth]

13th - 20th Aug- Roaming Robots Summer Camp

No Ed. Unfortunately were talking about the entire electrical wiring of the van, from the batteries to the rest (and the batteries are in the back of the van). Besides, the motor refuses to start when its raining and we noticed the gearbox starting to turn into a mayonnaise jar as well.

As an extra bonus the old van will be destroyed when the new car is delivered, we got a 1000 Euros refund for that in the purchasing price. Thats just Opels lovely way to insure that dangerous old cars vanish from the roads.

[maddox]

13th - 20th Aug- Roaming Robots Summer Camp

The main thing about the old van is simple, worn out.
250 000 km with a 1000CC motor is a good show
I cant keep up with the rust anymore.
The shockdampers tell me they are almost finished.
The clutch as well.
The headlight wiring is next gone.
The insulation of the wires in the motor compartiment suffers from dampness, and making starting difficult when wet.
Fuel economy isnt great- 10L is very normal, driving very carefully. Small tank isnt helping either.
And an oil change every 5000 km, and every 10 000km a maintenance.

And as Babs say, getting a ‚1000 for a car I payed ‚700 isnt bad.

[robotwars]

13th - 20th Aug- Roaming Robots Summer Camp

Ok Guys,

Sorry to say, that the news isn€™t good.

Even after starting discussions with another theme park, there was just too little time to get over the problems faced with putting this together.

So unfortunately we won€™t be going this year.

What good has come out of it, is we are now already talking about 2006 and on a good platform to work from.

We do plan to be busy next year, already talking to the parks, and some other opportunities coming our way throughout the summer.

And we are still putting the winter tour together, finalising the 5th venue, stay tuned for the launch of it , and our plans for the future as soon as possible.

Thanks

John

[anukhet]

13th - 20th Aug- Roaming Robots Summer Camp

:sad: no holiday for me this year

[thorak_nemesis]

13th - 20th Aug- Roaming Robots Summer Camp

doh and ive got a weeks holiday to waste somewhen
before my redundancy at the end of sept. oh well have to find somthing con(de)structive to do

[anukhet]

13th - 20th Aug- Roaming Robots Summer Camp

Im sure you will and Im also sure that Bognor seafront will never look the same again

[thorak_nemesis]

13th - 20th Aug- Roaming Robots Summer Camp

it wont after the illuminations carnival
at the end of the month, the robofloat might beback again.