Middleweights at the World Champs

The middleweights running at the World Champs are

Black & Blue, Blazer, Falcon, ANOther, Steel Sandwich, Spin Doctor

This looks interesting. We have Black & Blue, Blazer, Falcon, ANOther, Steel Sandwich and Spin Doctor. If I remember correctly, black and blue was a heavyweight clusterbot of two 50 kg components, Black and Blue. I think they were armed with a spining drum each. So are they both showing up or just one? Does anyone know anything about Falcon, ANOther or Spin Doctor?
This is almost as good good a middleweight turnout as at Extreme II, where there were 8 and it is a lot better than the 7th Wars where there were only 3. Too bad that Typhoon cant make it.

http://www.teamwhyachi.com/bbiq.htmhttp://www.teamwhyachi.com/bbiq.htm - falcon

and i think spin doctor is, although it says its a heavy ; http://www.teamlogicom.com/SpinDoctor/SpinDoctor.htmhttp://www.teamlogicom.com/SpinDoctor/SpinDoctor.htm

spins doctor is: http://www.teamlogicom.com/Chopper/chopper.JPGhttp://www.teamlogicom.com/Chopper/chopper.JPG

Well yes we wont be taking part in the middleweight contest this year. After much thought we have decided to retire typhoon. Our reasons?

It was 3 years old, and hadnt had a proper update in a good while.
We would rather go out on a high (3 years winners).
We thought we would concentrate on our newest additions to the family (cdt and typhoon2)

Well it has been fun battling the middleweights and I would like to thank everyone for all the good battles we have had. I may return in the future once i have left team typhoon due to cadet age restrictions wiht my own creation but time will tell.

Thanks for posting the links to Falcon and spin doctor. I see on the Falcon website they describe themselves as weighing 120 lbs - about 4.5 kg over the FRA weight limit. I trust they can get the weight down. Its great that two such powerful looking robots are coming over from the US. It should make for a great middleweight competition.

Yeh, as with the Feathers the US bots will have to trim down a little.

Falcon is terrifying, winning the latest Battlebots IQ event.

Im assuming ANOther is Julian Richards new machine?

And if Spin Doctor is indeed Chopper, things will get scary. Providing the lawnmower blade of doom doesnt tear up the floor...

Ah, its Mad Dog. Just as bad!

Does anyone know if you can still enter a middle at the WC ?. With a bit of hard work and componant changes I think I can adapt the heavy but dont want to go to the trouble if its too late.

ask Ed, i think he said something about still allowing middles due to the small number.

Is Adam Clark still around? 259 Middleweight?

Whats the entrance fee for Middles ?

Same as heavies - 55 pounds

ive entered a middleweight as well but still waiting to hear whether mines been accepted

How many middleweights are going to be there? Im not listed on the XFM site and I suspect that several others are in the same boat as me.

Kinda lost on that myself. Best I can make out is
Black & Blue
Blazer
Falcon
ANOther
Steel Sandwich
Spin Doctor
Broad Sword 3
Green Meanie
Symbiot (I think thats how its spelt)

I think their site is a little out of date as they also said M2 has withdrawn and the site still says they are a seed. Also, no clue as to who the presenters are yet :)

Theres far too many middleweights for just one melee.

email i got on 2nd August had;

Symbiont
GreenMeanie
Blazer
Steel Sandwich
(to be decided)
Black & Blue
Falcon
Spin Doctor

2 melees and 2 winners in the final ?

Extreme 2 was 8 entrants. Two melees and 4 in the final.

I assume that (to be decided) is Broadsword III

Sorry that I wont be seeing all of you next week. Commiserations to the Americians in particular - we would have seen some very good fights from them. I hope they dont have their machines in the air freight system already, winging their way to the UK. Hope to meet you all in the pits, and in the arena, at some future event.

How about middleweights meeting up at Billing Aquadrome? Would still count as a championship?

No really because the spinners cant compete.

No problem. We all hate spinners anyway!

Good point :0)

Trying to push the middles at wicksteed on http://www.middleweights.fr.fmwww.middleweights.fr.fm - any chance GreenMeanie can sign up on data base?

Middles at Wickstead? Game on for Broadsword III!

whens this wickstead event?

11th/12th September I think

Im afraid Green Meanie is no longer a runner. I have taken all the bits that my heavy donated for the WC back out(speedos, co2 bottle).

Green Meanie is up for sale. E-mail me for specs and to talk about a price.