Tornado

Statistics
Weight: 100kg
Height: 25cm
Length: 85cm
Width: 70cm
Speed: 10mph
Year built: 2000
Status: Active
Weight class: Heavyweight
Location: St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England


Armour
Welded steel, Polycarbonate and Titanium
Power
2 x 750 watt Bosch motors powering its 4-wheel drive which give it power of 36v.
Weapons
Interchangeable weapons options includes a Bulldozing scoop, 15kg 2000rpm spinning disc, Ramming spike, Anti-crusher frame with Spinning bar, Electric lifter, Mini-wedges and Chain flail.
Strengths
Has the ability to run either way up and has interchangeable weapons.
Weaknesses
The drive train has been unreliable in the past.
Team Tornado
Andrew Marchant and David Gamble
Information
Tornado is a heavyweight robot that was built in 2000 by Andrew Marchant, David Gamble and Bryan Moss from Cambridgeshire. It debuted in Robot Wars Series 4 where it did well winning the Best Promising Newcomer award after reaching the Semis beating Gemini in the heat final before losing to Chaos 2 in the Semi-finals. To begin with, Tornado was under-estimated but immediately became a popular robot after winning the UK Sixth wars, the European Championships in Extreme 2 and also the Challenge Belt in both series of Robot Wars Extreme, finishing. Tornado is well known for its interchangeable weapons it had in Robot Wars meaning it always had a different weapon for fighting against other robots depending on who they were fighting.

Achievements
• Robot Wars - UK Series 4 Semi-Finalist (2000)
• Robot Wars - UK Series 4, Winner of Best Promising Newcomer Award (2000)
• Robot Wars Extreme 1 - Challenge Belt Winner (2001)
• Robot Wars Extreme 1 - All-Stars Tournament Runner-Up (2001)
• Robot Wars Second World Championships Runners-Up (2001)
• Robot Wars - USA International Champion (2002)
• Robot Wars - UK Series 6 Champion (2002)
• Robot Wars Extreme 2 - Challenge Belt Winner (2002)
• Robot Wars European Champion 2002
* Roaming Robots - War in the Wolds 2002 Saturday Session 1 Winner
• Robot Wars - 3rd in UK Series 7 (2003)