RCX 2004 - Southwest Division Championship

Anaheim, California - April 23-24, 2004
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Picture 1

A skinny skinny servo.
Picture 2

Super small servo

Picture 3

I believe this is a TMAXX taking the huge jump on the offroad track.
Picture 4

Roy prepares for a full weekend of robot smashing fun.

Picture 5

Tamiya's new Super Clodbuster, replacing the original Clodbuster which has been in production for almost 20 years.
Picture 6

A monster truck catching some big air at the Stunt Track. Cars and trucks were doing amazing single, double, triple and I hear even quadruple backflips on this track and the offroad track.

Panaramic 1 - Panaramic of the offroad track with the 8-foot tall center jump. Good job on this track! I'd love to try it out.

Picture 7

Vendors who sold stuff always seemed to have a nice crowd gathered around checking it out. From a robot fighting competitor's standpoint, this event provided by far, the largest onsite inventory of spare bot parts of any event.
Picture 8

Traxxas's new Revo with its fancy suspension setup.

Picture 9

Another angle of the Revo
Picture 10

I was surprised to see that even 220 lb robots like Megabyte (1st place in 340 lb class) used Deans Ultra Plugs. Looks like 10 awg or even 8 awg wire soldered to the connector.

Picture 11

Overall picture of Megabyte's guts. One Deans connector for each drive motor. Huge center axle to mount its spinning shell. Picture 20 shows the fully assembled robot in the arena.
Picture 12

My robot Irrigator standing by for a fight. The rain gutter addition made it much easier to push the ball around in the Killball format. I beleive Irrigator may have scored the most goals in the tournament.

Picture 13

Theres been a new pit clearing robot in the Superheavyweight class, and his name is Tombstone. He goes up against Alcoholic Stepfather and to everyone's amazement, Tombstone loses half his blade as shown here.
Picture 14

Driver/builder Ray feeling the power between his legs, as he describes the last match to the cute reporter.

Picture 15

More builders checking out Tombstone. Its no coincidence that the ones looking closely at the robot have robots in the same weight class and may very well have to go up against Tombstone in future matches.
Picture 16

The insides of Alcoholic Stepfather. Check out those wheels. Those rollers create the very cool omni drive on this robot giving her the ability to strafe sideways. It also has a flame thrower in the front.

Panaramic 2 - Large amounts of spectators on all sides of the arena.

Picture 17

The radio frequency guy showing the cameras how he scans the airwaves for our protection from radio interference.
Picture 18

Mini-Z track.

Picture 19

Tom with Nasty Attitude against Jimmy. Nasty Attitude wins this fight and takes 2nd place overall in the Middleweight division.
Picture 20

Little Blue Engine and Megabyte. Megabyte wins this fight and takes 1st place in the Super Heavyweight division.

Panaramic 3 - Steel Conflict and Botbash areans and the huge pit area.

Picture 21

Irrigator after the tournament. Rain gutters are all chewed up, but did its job throughout the tournament.
Picture 22

Irrigator ended up in 3rd place in the Lightweight division.

Links to More Bot Fighting Pictures and Video from RCX

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Picture 1 A skinny skinny servo.	Picture 2 Super small servo
Picture 3 I believe this is a TMAXX taking the huge jump on the offroad track.	Picture 4 Roy prepares for a full weekend of robot smashing fun.
Picture 5 Tamiya's new Super Clodbuster, replacing the original Clodbuster which has been in production for almost 20 years.	Picture 6 A monster truck catching some big air at the Stunt Track. Cars and trucks were doing amazing single, double, triple and I hear even quadruple backflips on this track and the offroad track.
Panaramic 1 - Panaramic of the offroad track with the 8-foot tall center jump. Good job on this track! I'd love to try it out.
Picture 7 Vendors who sold stuff always seemed to have a nice crowd gathered around checking it out. From a robot fighting competitor's standpoint, this event provided by far, the largest onsite inventory of spare bot parts of any event.	Picture 8 Traxxas's new Revo with its fancy suspension setup.
Picture 9 Another angle of the Revo	Picture 10 I was surprised to see that even 220 lb robots like Megabyte (1st place in 340 lb class) used Deans Ultra Plugs. Looks like 10 awg or even 8 awg wire soldered to the connector.
Picture 11 Overall picture of Megabyte's guts. One Deans connector for each drive motor. Huge center axle to mount its spinning shell. Picture 20 shows the fully assembled robot in the arena.	Picture 12 My robot Irrigator standing by for a fight. The rain gutter addition made it much easier to push the ball around in the Killball format. I beleive Irrigator may have scored the most goals in the tournament.
Picture 13 Theres been a new pit clearing robot in the Superheavyweight class, and his name is Tombstone. He goes up against Alcoholic Stepfather and to everyone's amazement, Tombstone loses half his blade as shown here.	Picture 14 Driver/builder Ray feeling the power between his legs, as he describes the last match to the cute reporter.
Picture 15 More builders checking out Tombstone. Its no coincidence that the ones looking closely at the robot have robots in the same weight class and may very well have to go up against Tombstone in future matches.	Picture 16 The insides of Alcoholic Stepfather. Check out those wheels. Those rollers create the very cool omni drive on this robot giving her the ability to strafe sideways. It also has a flame thrower in the front.
Panaramic 2 - Large amounts of spectators on all sides of the arena.
Picture 17 The radio frequency guy showing the cameras how he scans the airwaves for our protection from radio interference.	Picture 18 Mini-Z track.
Picture 19 Tom with Nasty Attitude against Jimmy. Nasty Attitude wins this fight and takes 2nd place overall in the Middleweight division.	Picture 20 Little Blue Engine and Megabyte. Megabyte wins this fight and takes 1st place in the Super Heavyweight division.
Panaramic 3 - Steel Conflict and Botbash areans and the huge pit area.
Picture 21 Irrigator after the tournament. Rain gutters are all chewed up, but did its job throughout the tournament.	Picture 22 Irrigator ended up in 3rd place in the Lightweight division.