• Powerboat


      Statistics
      * Weight: 98kg
      * Height: 27cm
      * Length: 135cm
      * Width: 70cm
      * Speed: 20mph
      * Year built: 2004
      * Status: Retired
      * Weight class: Heavyweight
      * Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
      Armour
      Steel sides and Aluminium top and bottom
      Power
      2 x Electric Motors powering its 2-wheel drive, one powering each wheel.
      Weapons
      Front-mounted plough-shaped blade for shunting/ramming, Rear also houses a Propeller blade that spins at 4000rpm.
      Strengths
      Can run inverted.
      Weaknesses
      Has got weak top armour which isn't resilient to axes and hammers.
      Team Rheinpower
      Stefan Trenkle and Philipp Trenkle
      Information
      Powerboat is a German heavyweight robot that was built in 2004 by Team Rheinpower. It is designed to look almost like a boat to be streamlined at the front to shunt opponents to the deep end, and if that doesn't work the blade at the back should get them.
    • 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