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Post by razerdave »

Neither of the HW event organisers will allow robots less than 50kg in the arena with the flippers, after they let Tanto Jnr in
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Post by muchalucha »

sort of kills the idea then :lol: :lol: . if anything it was an experiment to see if i could get 4 robots to attack a victim autonamously. maybe the theory could be applied to minisumo ! , but thats another thread altogether :lol: .
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Post by Remote-Controlled Dave »

Its not really a official "rule", seen as a heavyweight is classes as 51-100kg, but as Dave says, they won't allow any robot below about 75kg to fight heavyweight flippers. And as 90% of heavys out there are flippers, you'd hardly ever get a fight, and never one in competition.
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Post by Team Terror »

why can't bots lighter than 75kg fight the heavyweight flippers?
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Post by muchalucha »

becasue there was a featherweight i think that got flipped through the netting and did some damage (of what kind im not shure ).

Might of been a middle weight , cant remember.

(did try googling tanto jr before someone flames me :lol: :lol: )
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Post by razerdave »

FW's have been thrown into the nets before and torn holes, but also a MW nearly exited the arena over the polycarb and into Geoff Smith's lap :P
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ow ... lol
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Post by Remote-Controlled Dave »

Yeah, Tanto Jr took some flying lessons and Geoff learnt how to run!
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Post by leo-rcc »

I was there when it happend and Geoff was never in any sort of danger. It does scare the pants of you if a Tanto Jr. comes smashing into your polycarb but that is what the polycarb is there for.

I don't see how this rule can be enforced though, if a 3 way cluster registers with 3 33kg cluster parts they are in fact a 99kg robot.
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Post by muchalucha »

im not going to nitt pick , i dont want my bot to become RC UAV. :lol: :lol:
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