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When I have done tech checking, I admit it has just been weight and size. However, I'd be happy to add the name tag and to check whether to see if they have a switch or removeable link/way of unplugging (though I don't know the last time there was an ant that couldn't do this, maybe it goes without saying?)

We seem to have done ok without failsafes up until now. It is my understanding that most 2.4ghz TXs and RXs failsafe now anyway? When was the last time (if ever) that an ant caused an issue due to losing radio contact and not being able to failsafe?
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Ok, so we've got one person saying that we shouldn't tech check failsafes because most robots failsafe and another person saying that we shouldn't tech check failsafes because some robots don't failsafe.

Is anyone saying that that we shouldn't tech check failsafes because robots are safe without them?
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Only issue I ever had with failsafing was Baby Hell and Stewie on 40MHz, Got stabbed and Stewie Nom'ed my finger.

Pete: Didn't realise your cluster had the cluster name too, I will bear in mind to have mine on in future, but this last AWS was not my usual entry :P.

Dave: I'd like to change my original thoughts on the cluster rule. You should have to take out all the parts, I agree. I think what a lot of people are finding hard to accept that because that little car was buzzing around, your cluster won even though the much larger part had been taken out, and that it could have been an ant in its own right. The americans do it with the HW's/SHW's, have one massive part and 1 or 2 smaller parts that won't scratch a damn thing.

But, TBH, thats the rules. I'm not a huge fan of the 'Antweight and little car' types of cluster, but thats irrelevent.

Simon: Its hard to determin. Robots of any size can be danergous under no control (accidently nom'ed fingers, blades, etc). I'd rather robots be failsafe checked just so we know which ones need to be kept turned on when taken out.
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I think at the very least spinners should have the failsafe tested to see if the blade stops when signal is lost.
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I think, for a clusterbot to be eliminated, all of the botlets have to be out, or they loss there advantage, and even if they do put a nearly ant weight and a mini rc car, it would be no harder to fight than a normal ant weight, as you have a slight advantage over the nearly any weight, so you could defet it more easily, and how hard is it to push a little rc car out?
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Exactly. I agree. Though a fair few people proved pushing a small car out to be strangely difficult on Saturday! Maybe they should just practice driving :wink:
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And don't forget, once you have put the big robot out you have basically won, even if you only victory spin until the end of three minutes.
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Just read Dave's augments on the previous page. Its a much better argument than 50% 66% etc to have to eliminate all the cluster parts. So I guess I am converted to say all parts must be eliminated rather than a given weight. The only other thing is we need to be faster at counting down botlets when immobile.

This brings me to another interesting point me and Pete W were talking about. We don't see many people trying walkers. I think I counted 2 at the last AWS which is too low IMO. The rules allowing a cluster over a walker are getting more clusters/fleas but I think we should encourage more walkers.

What about:

3 rollers or walkers
& 1 cluster or walker

or
2 rollers
1 roller or walker
& 1 cluster or walker

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I have to admit I was unaware you were only allowed one walker in your team before; have I understood that right?
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There was nothing in the previous ruling to stop anyone entering 4 walkers, if that's what they wanted to do. It was only the 4th member that HAD to be either a walker or a clusterbot. The other three could be roller, walker, cluster, or whatever.

Since introducing the cluster rule, the number of people attempting to build walkers (or shufflers) has decreased, but the amount of people building fleaweights has increased a lot.

I would love to see more people attempting walkers, however I don't really get what you're suggesting Andy. I don't see how your new version differs from the current model?
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