- Context:
- Ryan went to AWS61 with a new antweight - Tropical Storm Phil
- He did quite well, winning 3 fights and losing 2
- Fights
- Antweight building
- Titanium is hard to work with
- The whole robot was built using the following tools:
- Cordless drill with 1.5mm, 2mm, and 7mm HSS bits
- Centre punches
- Soldering iron
- Low-temp glue gun
- Cheap ‘junior hacksaw’
- More expensive ‘big boi hacksaw’
- Tin snips
- Small Phillips-head screwdriver
- Scalpel
- Small files
- Not enjoying the process
- An issue with building ants or an issue with building solo?
- Slightly overcomplicated flipper design
- Better mechanisms which aren’t significantly more complex
- Not knowing how torque works
- Future antweight plans
- More front-hinges?
- Fun, but hard to use effectively
- Designing around an evolving driving style
- Hammers not working
- Spinners?
- The antweight class
- Are antweight fights enjoyable for an audience?
- Definitely enjoyable for a competitor
- The contact rule
- The dreaded cube
- Ryan explains football to Sam for far too many minutes
- Miscellaneous fun fights
