Merseyside/Chester/North Wales social?

[Theo]

I'm absolutely gutted, but I'm not going to be able to make it.
Bloody train strikes, why today?
I'm really sorry, I hope there'll be other meetups.

[Bad Wolf]

Ah, good ol' Rhuallt Hill, steep and long is ye.

Weather is pretty sunny here today. Snow that fell last night has all but vanished. Car is packed and pretty much ready to go, will see you all this evening.

Yeah Rhuallt Hill is abit of a ball ache but I’ll try my best should be do-able now, see you soon guys! Starbucks for 3:30?

Bad Wolf

[Ocracoke]

I'm absolutely gutted, but I'm not going to be able to make it.
Bloody train strikes, why today?
I'm really sorry, I hope there'll be other meetups.

Oh no, sorry to hear! Well, I am sure there will be - it was one of the things I was going to raise this evening.

Starbucks for 3:30?

Aye, that is right - look out for the bright yellow car with a grey frame around it in the car park - that is me.

[Bad Wolf]

Got here abit early haha but I’m here now

Bad Wolf

[Ocracoke]

Many thanks to those that came along today, it was really heartening to see you all! I know that the train strikes and the prevailing weather didn't help with the situation but as I said at the social, I am happy to organise another one of the back of this.

We ended up just generally chatting about upcoming designs for robots being designed/built and we also watched a few videos from the recent Ant Freeze 5 and UWE Beetle Brawl events amongst others. Bad Wolf and I also did end up having a couple of matches in the arena (despite me being completely un-organised) as well, I think he won a few of them

I'll post the details of the next one after Extreme Robots Manchester, noting that this one is likely to be in the Chester area which, given where folks are coming from, seems to be the most "central" location at the moment.

[5upercrab]

Thanks for organising! Hope to have some kit to bring next time. Pleasure to meet you all.

[Retroman]

Yeah thanks for organising it, and putting up with my incessant rambling and questions

And with any luck I should have something that starts to resemble a feather by then that I can bring down!

[Ocracoke]

No worries, asking questions is how we progress (and some experimentation ).

Taking a cursory look at the places that I could potentially hire in Chester, there does seem to be several that fit the bill, will need to do some exploratory work first though - lugging that arena around is heavy work as the polycarbonate walls are 10kg on their own!. With that said, I've got one serious contender already which is 5 minutes from Chester train station.

[Retroman]

Well, I'm sure that with some coordination we could arrange a couple of cars or extra hands, if by some miracle I get my car roadworthy again I wouldn't mind helping out.

[Bad Wolf]

Just wanted to say a massive thanks to Ocracoke for orginising the event! Was great to meet you guys and have a little battle or two! Looking forward to seeing any footage Id be up for it again and hopefully I can stay abit longer next time!

Bad Wolf

[Ocracoke]

Here is a video of the fights we had with Osu and Bad Wolf's antweight. Apologies for the grainy footage, I need to install some lighting into the arena to make it easier for the camera to see.

[Bad Wolf]

Cheers for uploading the footage! It’s not too bad quality wise!

Bad Wolf

[Ocracoke]

No worries Glad you had a good time, I learnt a lot about organising these socials from doing this one.

[Retroman]

Quick update while memory is jogged, parts ordered an Ant, so I should be able to join in he fun at the next one

[Ocracoke]

Oooh nice, what sort of Ant? I've managed to get hold of a new NanoTwo V3 ESC, some HDPE, wheels and motors for my new Ant as well. Just need to find a suitable battery, weapon motor and and we are good to roll. Now I just need to find time to build it.