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- Sat Jul 16, 2016 7:16 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: 20th August 2016 - The Oxford Games, Carterton
- Replies: 80
- Views: 118934
Re: 20th August 2016 - The Oxford Games, Carterton
I cannot do the 20th August. So you're probably going to have to pull me off the entry list.
- Fri Jun 03, 2016 5:53 pm
- Forum: Antweights
- Topic: Ofsted/my friendly uncle/I don't know
- Replies: 92
- Views: 82574
Re: Ofsted/my friendly uncle/I don't know
It won't break the sound barrier. The drag goes up exponentially as you approach the speed of sound. Unless you start designing the bar to reduce transonic drag, which will be nigh-on impossible without an aerodynamics degree, you'll max out at 550-600 mph tip speed tops.
- Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:51 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: AWS 50- 23rd July- Basingstoke
- Replies: 124
- Views: 127945
Re: AWS 50- Date TBC- Camberley, Surrey
Anything other than the 9th.
- Mon May 02, 2016 3:55 pm
- Forum: Antweights
- Topic: Antweight Ranking
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5492
Re: Antweight Ranking
You're completely right, I messed up. Just going to edit it now.
- Sun May 01, 2016 11:12 pm
- Forum: Antweights
- Topic: Antweight Ranking
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5492
Antweight Ranking
I personally like the US heavyweight robot ranking system. So I made an antweight one. It works via 3 rules: #1: It uses the last 5 events on Antlog.(Which at the moment means just AWS 48 and 49.) #2: It only includes robots which have come top 8 in one of the said last five tournaments. (As I am no...
- Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:57 pm
- Forum: Antweights
- Topic: Ofsted/my friendly uncle/I don't know
- Replies: 92
- Views: 82574
Re: Ofsted/my friendly uncle/I don't know
Can I just say Ofsted is a brilliant name, and any future spinner of mine will be called that.
- Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:02 pm
- Forum: Questions (and answers)
- Topic: MOAR QUESTIONS!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4079
Re: MOAR QUESTIONS!
I now know why I have the weight to spend on 3mm Polycarbonate: My robot is way smaller than that. It's almost on the big side of fleaweight.
- Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:31 am
- Forum: Questions (and answers)
- Topic: MOAR QUESTIONS!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4079
MOAR QUESTIONS!
What length, height and width are people's antweights?
- Wed Mar 23, 2016 3:52 pm
- Forum: Questions (and answers)
- Topic: Polycarb thickness
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5360
Re: Polycarb thickness
Thanks for pointing that out.
May have been trying to multitask there. Eating, having a conversation and typing at the same time is a bad idea. I've edited it now.
May have been trying to multitask there. Eating, having a conversation and typing at the same time is a bad idea. I've edited it now.
- Wed Mar 23, 2016 1:20 pm
- Forum: Questions (and answers)
- Topic: Polycarb thickness
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5360
Re: Polycarb thickness
Slightly off topic, but how would you attach bulkheads to an antweight whilst still being able to attach armour?