• Reptirron


      Statistics
      • Weight: 98kg
      • Height: 33cm
      • Length: 86cm
      • Width: 80cm
      • Speed: 10mph
      • Year built: 2002
      • Status: Retired
      • Weight class: Heavyweight
      • Location: Drybrook, Gloucestershire, England


      Armour
      Bronze "biscuit tin" aluminium with polycarbonate.
      Power
      2 x 1200w electric motors. One powering each side for its four-wheel drive.
      Weapons
      Front mounted CO2 Powered flipper, rear end also houses a vertical spinning disc that can spin at speeds up to 4000rpm.
      Strengths
      Flipper and spinning disc combination is really effective.
      Weaknesses
      Has a poor success rate from the past.
      Team Kinforesters
      Gordon Townley, Thomas Horton & Pete Seabourne
      Information
      Reptirron the Second is the second robot from the Reptirron series that competed in Robot Wars, the first version competed in Robot Wars Series 4 where it lost the first round to Pussycat. Reptirron the Second was then built to take its place and it entered Series 6 where it fell in the first round to Terrorhurtz. It then came back for Series 7 where it managed to reach the second round only to be knocked out by Firestorm 5. Reptirron the Second had two very powerful weapons in the form of a flipper and spinning disc that could make opponents rumble in terror. Reptirron the Second is now retired to make way for the teams new heavyweight Hortron that debuted in 2008.
    • Forum Posts

      Kenny

      Nitron : Featherweight Build Diary

      Weekly Update

      Arrived Parts / Brushless Drive Speed Controllers (Great service from Bristol Bot Builders)

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      Kenny 25th January 2026, 18:25 Go to last post
      Kenny

      Nitron : Featherweight Build Diary

      Weekly Update

      Arrived Parts / Gearbox Gears

      Ordered Parts / Brushless Drive Speed Controllers and Compressor gearbox gears

      Kenny 18th January 2026, 16:27 Go to last post