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CS Paul wrote:My money would be on it being relatively similar to last year.I've noticed that almost all participating vehicles in the past two competitions were driven by electric motors https://avc.sparkfun.com/2014/scores & https://avc.sparkfun.com/2015/scores. The only exception to this trend appears to be SHARC's "Troubled Child" driven by a V8 engine to win the 2014 AVC Doping Class http://www.bot-thoughts.com/2014/06/avc-sharc-fsv.html
vergevaliant19 wrote:This is getting a bit off topic.. but basically gas is more of a hassle. Starting issues, transporting, storage, etc. There have been other gas bots, like a full size go kart. But in my mind all the complications just don't make it worth it. I had to work harder to find a 1/t5th scale rc car setup for electric but I think it's worth the trouble. If you have more questions you can always reach our group of rover enthusiasts at diyrovers google group.CS Paul wrote:My money would be on it being relatively similar to last year.I've noticed that almost all participating vehicles in the past two competitions were driven by electric motors https://avc.sparkfun.com/2014/scores & https://avc.sparkfun.com/2015/scores. The only exception to this trend appears to be SHARC's "Troubled Child" driven by a V8 engine to win the 2014 AVC Doping Class http://www.bot-thoughts.com/2014/06/avc-sharc-fsv.html
I don't see any rule against the use of r/c vehicles driven by gasoline or nitro engines https://avc.sparkfun.com/2015/rules so how come these types of r/c vehicles are not frequently used?
cdude1990 wrote:Will the obstacles for classic AVC be reused from last year, the stanchions, barrels, hoop, and ramp? Will they be the same colors?I think we are still in the process of building the course so I don't have an answer for that quite yet.
Shape detection is tough enough even if you know what the shapes are. :think: