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Spockie-Tech
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Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Originally posted by maddox:
Can I quote you on the FRA forum Spockie Tech?
You can if you like, but that comment wasnt specifically aimed at the FRA. I havent followed what they're up to at all, to say whether it applies in this case or not..
Its a general observation of many clubs and other "organisations" I have participated in over the years as my interests evolve - whether its Cars, Gyrocopters, Computers, Helicopters, Go Karts or whatever.. the problem remains the same.
Most of the club members arent interested in filling the administrative positions.. they are in whatever the sport is to have fun, not push papers.. so you end up with the paper-pushing-committee-positions being occupied by people who are either forced into it, or by people who like the "authority" position.
After a while, the position becomes attractive to them and they start to play political games to keep it and flex their authoritive muscle, which alienates them from the people who "just want to ____ <whatever the club is about"
My thought is.. Dont give people a political arena to play in, and the only way for them to gain the admiration of their peers is to do well in the objective of the sport.. in this case.. the Combat Arena.. 
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Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:34 am |
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Daniel
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 30 Aug 2005
Posts: 2729
Location: Gold Coast
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Wow, I just got a talking to on the FRA forum.
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RE Daniel (see archive): Your axe head may not be capable of breaking through a roof, but if it were hit by a spinner then it could. A tether minimises that risk as much as possible.
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RE Ed (see archive): So this tether thing is only if my weapon clashes with a spinner. But if there arn't any spinners I won't need the tether.
Also I am having touble trying to come up with a way to make a tether that could survive if the axe is damaged by a spinner. Anything the rips the axe from the robot will more then likely rip the tether off too. I have a one peice blade that I some times use for an axe, which is directly attached to the axial. The only way to rip it out of the robot is to remove half the robot with it. A tether in this case seems useless, just another reason to add weight to a robot.
I am more likely to have my armor and wheels ripped off by a spinner, should I be tethering them aswell?
I understand some people might be only concerned with an axe on spinner clash, but don't we a) design for that so of impact, I do which is why I have the one peice blade, and b) you've just banned spinners, so why hinder axes as well?
How about a simple solution. We make is compulsery that spinners have to tether their teeth.
Ok, I might have been a little sarcastic, but I was just testing them a bit.
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Dainel, the tether rule is there to comply with the rule you must have a tether of some kind. If you have a one piece shaft and head then I would assume that the shaft/head must be tethered to the robot chassis. This would satisfy the rule to my standards. If the rule is there you build to it, it stops arguments such as this happening at events by one competitor saying "oh he hasn't got a tether" for example.
As for your last statement, at the last event an tooth was ripped off but it was the bar that failed not the tooth itself so a tether wouldn't have had any effect.
THz tether is very good, if the head or shaft breaks then it is tethered at any point. I am sure that at that point John would stop firing the axe as it is more likely to damage his machine.
Sorry got carried away, nuff said.
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Let me just say that the new guidlines havent been hastley put together. As andy said they have been worked on ever scince the UK Champs.
The thing is its not just a little risky to run events to the old standard, but highly risky to the point we are very lucky somebody hasnt got seriously hurt or killed. Thats fact.
These new guildlines are extremely important and all agreed, they needed to be in place immediately
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RoboWars Australia Forum Index
-> Rules, Safety, Administration
I did the maths last year and Jolt's tip speed is a fraction under 100KMH. If you recall, when I fought Bane in Brisbane, I ripped the axe head right off but it barely got above floor level. Jolt's teeth are another thing, one whacked into the Marayong front wall at head height last year - it hardly left a mark on the polycarb 