Supernova

Statistics
• Weight: 95kg
• Height: 26cm
• Length: 100cm
• Width: 60cm
• Speed: 10mph
• Year built: 2001
• Status: Retired
• Weight class: Heavyweight
• Location: Wallington, Surrey, England


Armour
Steel, Stainless steel and Polycarbonate.
Power
2 x Electric motors running off 750 watts powering each of its 2 wheels.
Weapons
Horizontal spinning disc which weighs 22kg and spins at 2500rpm. Disc is powered by a 12HP motor.
Strengths
Has an extremely destructive weapon and is very fast.
Weaknesses
Armour isn't the most resilient and robot has often had a history of being unreliable.
Team Supernova
Suren Balendran, Nishani Balendran & Thuvaaragen Balendran
Information
Supernova is a heavyweight robot that was built by the Balendran family from Surrey. It was built in 2001 as the successor to their previous robot Oblivion which never enjoyed much success in Robot Wars. Supernova had fought in the UK Robot Wars since UK Series 5 where it lost in the first round to Behemoth, it came back for Series 6 where it did well on its way to the heat final where it lost to Spawn Again and fell in the first round to Storm 2 the next year as well. At the end of Series 7, Supernova also represented Sri Lanka in the 3rd World Championships due to the team having originated from there and finished as runners-up to Storm 2. Supernova's weapon was a very powerful spinning disc that always made a big mess of lots of the competitors that came in its way.

Achievements
• Robot Wars - UK Series 7, 3rd World Championships Runner-Up (2003)