Maelstrom

Statistics
Weight: 100kg
Height: 40cm
Length: 105cm
Width: 90cm
Speed: 12mph
Year built: 2008
Status: Active
Weight class: Heavyweight
Location: Gravesend, Kent, England


Armour
Shell is a combination of 6mm aluminium, 3.2mm hardox & 20mm HDPE.
Power
2 x 24v Litton motors running on 800 watts. One powering each wheel.
Weapons
Double-sided double flipper designed to work equally well both ways up.
Strengths
The double-sided flipper is a very unique weapon.
Weaknesses
Exposed Wheels.
Team Shock
Will Thomas, Ian Thomas and Lynn Thomas
Information
Maelstrom was originally built as St. Agro by Terry Carlin from St. Agnes, Cornwall in 2002. It first appeared on Series 6 of Robot Wars, it was modified for the next year where it was beaten in the semi-finals by X-Terminator. In 2008, St. Agro was sold on to Team Shock who rebuilt and renamed it as Maelstrom. Under their wing, Maelstrom has become fairly successful in many robot competitions in the UK including the 2009 and 2012 UK Championships where in both competitions, finished as runner-up losing to Terrorhurtz and Big Nipper in the finals respectively. Maelstrom is easily recognised by its double-flipper design which is designed to work equally both ways up. The benefit of this is that gas doesn't have to be used to self-right and also its display of LED lights make this unique looking contender stick out in the arena.

Achievements
(As St. Agro)
• Robot Wars - UK Series 7 Semi-Finalist (2003)
(As Maelstrom)
• Roaming Robots - Winner of Best Promising Newcomer Award 2008
• Fighting Robots UK Championships 2009 Runner-Up
• Robots Live! - Team Champions 2010 with Team Tilly All-Stars
• Robots Live! - Leicester 2011 Winner
• Fighting Robots UK Championships 2011 Quarter-Finalist
• Robots Live! - Burgess-Hill 2011 Winner
• Robots Live! - Worthing 2011 Runner-Up
• Robots: Extreme Wars live! - Portsmouth 2011 Winner
• Robots Live! - Team Championships 2011 Runners-up with Team Tilly All-Stars
• Fighting Robots UK Championships 2012 Runner-Up
• Robots: Extreme Wars Live Winter Tour 2012 Semi-Finalist
• Robot Wars - Barnsley 2013 Winner
• Robots Live! - Whitwick 2013 Winner
• Robot Wars - Portsmouth 2013 Runner-Up
• Robot Wars - Colchester 2013 Tag-Team contest winners with Kronic
• Robot Wars - Colchester 2013 Winner
• Robot Wars - Widnes 2013 Runner-Up
• Fighting Robots European Championships 2013 Finalist