Psycho Sprout
Toby Marsden
> How heavy was the sphere?
Believe it or not, Psycho Sprout was actually very reliable (when
it wanted to be). It was completely unflippable, and we could
always rely on it to work in practice sessions just as much as we
could not to work in the real thing. Before I come to your
question, let me explain the 2 things that made it unreliable:
1)Mentorn put us in the wrong competition. This sounds like
griping but we had been placed in the snooker ball game... which
we would have made it through most probably. At the last moment we
were put in the maze... which you needed a turning circle of 0 to
complete. We had a turning circle of circ. 30ft :-)
2)Our radio was unreliable. We used 27Mhz AM (hey, we only spent
about 100 quid on it altogether.. excluding the chassis) The metal
roll cage interfered with the radio signals, meaning we had no
reverse,
I should think each half sphere was around 10/15kg, although we
never weighed it, just the whole 'bot.
Kindest Regards, Toby
iain
Thank you for the information, and thank you for your correction on
the reliability. I was not trying to criticize but compliment you on a
innovative and thought provoking idea.
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Iain
http://www.eyeeye.demon.co.uk 'Home of Jim Struts'
Toby Marsden
>>>
Thank you for the information, and thank you for your correction
on
the reliability. I was not trying to criticize but compliment you
on a
innovative and thought provoking idea.<<<
No, I didn't take it as a criticism :-)
If I enter robot wars again, it won't be to win, but to take part.
I will use a fun, popular design that people laugh at. Believe it
or not, this is the best way of entering in my opinion. And, of
course, everyone remembers your robot.
Kindest Regards,
Toby
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Toby Marsden
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Herefordshire, UK
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/byway