buying a robot for £200

[18thomas916]

i would like to buy a featherwieght witth all accesories like rc kit and spares i u have them
plz show pics and spares
i am willing to go higher for a robot working ready for combat robot

[the16henry16]

Re: buying a robot for £200

dont u think u shoudl start with a ant weight or do u want to go straight to fw

[mattsdragons]

Re: buying a robot for £200

This is speaking personally but go for feathers. Even though ants are cheaper I find them very awkward to work with, but that's probably coz I'm clumsy

[jonny]

Re: buying a robot for £200

nothing wrong with starting out with featherweights

[the16henry16]

Re: buying a robot for £200

i dident say there were xD

[joey_picus]

Re: buying a robot for £200

It depends who you are really - some people (like me, heh) are naturally antweight builders and some are naturally focused towards the bigger robots - you just need to find out which one you are, and it in no way precludes you from building any other size robot in addition to the ones you like

[18thomas916]

Re: buying a robot for £200

tthanks for comments but plz read want i have posted

[harry hills]

Re: buying a robot for £200

we have, and a couple of peope have pointed you to a robot in the for sale section, which is now sold

[18thomas916]

Re: buying a robot for £200

i know bout that1 but my internet stopped working as we had a power cut so i couldnt bid for it

[Max]

Re: buying a robot for £200

You may be able to convince someone to make a robot specially for you then you could get the design and weapon you want but not have the hastle of finding all the components

[typhoon_driver]

Re: buying a robot for £200

it would cost more that 200 quid

[jonny]

Re: buying a robot for £200

i could build you a robot, many people on this forum could. but you wouldn't learn as much/be proud of yourself as much than if you built your own from scratch.

[PJ-27]

Re: buying a robot for £200

All the info you need to make a robot is on this forum.

I mean EVERYTHING! All you gotta do is search around for it. A good place to look is in the Build diaries, good photos of the insides of people's robots and their sequence of building. If you start your own build thread then people can help you while you make yours.

[18thomas916]

Re: buying a robot for £200

hi guys i have been busy today and think this is a good idea

found on sight www.roamingrobots.co.uk 250g battle antz full kit, rc kit 2.4GHZ, 6.0v battery, 6.0v charger
found on sight www.robotmarketplace.com 4speed double gearbox- Tamiya 70168, JCConcepts Goose Bumper Bumps Tire 3.0 Slash/ Slayer/SC10Green
robotmarketpplzce is a USA Based so it is in dollars and will cost me a bit to ship to me in England

[joey_picus]

Re: buying a robot for £200

Those aren't really featherweight standard parts, and as the UK Antweight limit is 150g it's going to be very difficult to get them into an antweight too...you could buy the Battle Antz kit and play with it at RR events but it's not going to be allowed in World Series or any other event that enforces the rules (and from experience they're far from competitive anyway despite the 100g advantage, hehe)

Your best bet for a feather is really to build something yourself, with the parts available on the Robochallenge site it's not especially complicated or expensive, and as others have said you will learn far more from building a robot than buying one ready built. (the 'mini bots' kits look interesting, but I fear have the same drawbacks as the Battle Antz in being uncompetitive with actual antweights and too heavy)

There aren't many shortcuts in this sport I'm afraid, but that's part of the fun and makes it so much more satisfying at the end