24th-28th March - ROBOlympics

Typhoon is reported to be doing well which is good, show the U.S. that we are just as good.

As for RoboGames (USOC complained about the Olympics part and dispatched lawyers, might be wise to change this thread to RoboGames like all american forums have) theres already some videos through.

http://www.teamkickme.com/AS%20vs%20Mega.wmvhttp://www.teamkickme.com/AS%20vs%20Mega.wmv (10-12 oz of butane/propane fuel inside AS!)
http://www.teamkickme.com/Buster%20vs%20Tombstone.wmvhttp://www.teamkickme.com/Buster%20vs%20Tombstone.wmv (Humm... Ti sparks)
http://www.teamkickme.com/SS%20vs%20Mega.wmvhttp://www.teamkickme.com/SS%20vs%20Mega.wmv (Robotic air hockey)

Chris - http://www.featherweights.org/forum Im So Evil Im Worshipped By The Devil

i hear that typhoon won the heavyweights

Yes thats what im also picking up on, just didnt want to say it incase I was wrong.

Chris - http://www.featherweights.org/forum

yeah well it lost once to slam job but i hear it beat megabyte somehow

As far as i know, Typhoon lost to Slam Job after it ended up being tiped over and the link/flag came loose. But im not quite sure how it beat Megabyte yet.

Chris - http://www.featherweights.org/forum

Fairies
1st Ugly Duckling
2nd VD
3rd Tonys Wedge

Ants
1st MC Pee Pants
2nd Disk Addiction
3rd VDD-Kit

Beetles
1st Wallop
2nd VDB
3rd Fear Factor Sr. (Please post your email, I have your medal!)

Hobbyweight
1st Ntertainment
2nd VD2
3rd Lil Shocker

Featherweight
1st Killabyte
2nd VD3
3rd Intrusive Interloper

Lightweight
1st Wedge of Doom
2nd New Attitude
3rd Hexy Jr.

Middleweight
1st Nasty Attitude
2nd Max Wedge
3rd Angry Asp

Heavyweight
1st Sewer Snake
2nd Typhoon 2
3rd Megabyte

Superheavyweight
1st Super Megabyte
2nd Shovelhead
3rd Bounty Hunter

hey 2nd place is still a pretty fine effort

Ah, I was wondering how Sewer Snake got beat because it won against Megabyte. But still well done to the Typhoon Team and im sure Gary will have a few words to say when he gets back.

Chris - http://www.featherweights.org/forum

Go Gary :) (and the rest.....)

Interesting result - and a great one for the UK, particularly as the US teams seemed to almost dismiss it in discussion before the event, in posts on the RFL forum they were saying things such as...

people Ignore Typhoon 2 is because overall Megabyte is a better, more up to date robot, and the two robots that always beat it (Sewer Snake and SJ) are entered

....so its good to see Typhoon 2 sitting above Megabyte in the rankings :)

Well done guys, looking forward to seeing all the videos soon ! Hopefully well be able to get over to the US soon to take part in some events over there as well !

Ed
http://www.teamstorm.comhttp://www.teamstorm.com

Typhoon 2 and the whole team represented the UK extremely well. Its too bad they had to forfeit the final fight because the weapon was not working - the shaft was bent so the shell would not spin.

We were really looking for to taking on the reigning UK champ in the finals. Hope some more UK bots can make it out next year - it was an awesome event!

Cheers to Typhoon 2 and the team!

Matt & Wendy Maxham

well guys, still in the states, doing a bit of site seeing! :)

We did lose to SJ however due to it being a dual elimination tournament, we were still able to fight on.

We won all fights, faced SJ again and tore out their back wheels. We then faced megabyte. One spin up by both and we came together. We took a large dent to the weapon ring which stopped the cone from spinning. Megabyte lost all mobility and weapons and hense we won the battle.

As Matt said our central shaft was bent and the weapon was not repairable in the 40 minutes we were given so we decided to forfeit the final.

It was a fantastic event and well done to all involved however I must announce here that this was typhoon 2s last tournament. We are retiring the robot.

And boy have I got some good videos!!! :)