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Just thinking about how good I am at driving robots so thought I would make a thread to see who you all think is the best? Current and of all time?
Going to be hard as there is loads of good drivers and good ones at driving different types of bots.
Jonno gets my vote - hated typing that then! ha
If Robot Wars did come back with house robots I'd be gutted if I wasn't picked to drive a house bot! I'd definitely want to drive shunt as well! Easily the best house robot.
well i beat Jonno in multiple battles the other day so i'm the top driver around now right??? :proud:
well Alex I think I am the best driver because I can out drive any if I can focus so i have been told. I think my dad is alright because stinger is really hard to drive so I am told I haven't driven it yet.
but my vote is for Craig Colliass he drives saint very well it is hard to drive because I have driven this one so i know
I'm very good at driving feathers (especially Mini Mighty mouse - Trev said I was much better than him at driving it)... I can drive a heavyweight, but I usually end up in the pit!
Kim Davies with Panic Attack.
Oh you mean around. Then i say Liam Bryant. Cos as far i know, hes the only roboteer not to drive his heavyweight bot
down that blasted pit :rofl:
What?! Nah, Dead Metal was the best man :)Quote:
I'd definitely want to drive shunt as well! Easily the best house robot.
Well, until Growler came along. Then I had difficulty choosing between the two.
I think the best driver is hard to judge because everyone's robot handles differently, partly based on what speed controller they're using. I find I can control Drumroll II (Scorpion XL) much better than Drumroll (Electronize). The truly best driver would be one who can drive the same robot just as well whether it has a Scorpion/Sabretooth, a pair of Electronizes or a set of servo-controlled micro switches.
But ignoring all that, I reckon young Alex (Tiny Toon) is a pretty good driver. You can definitely see that he's improved over the years. And Michael (Explosion) shows good control too. In terms of heavyweights, I'd have to say Graeme with the Nipper. The weapon can dictate their fights quite a lot but the driving plays a big part too.
I'm going to blow my own trumpet and say me :)
Had to drive several different machines on robot wars and technogames (there's a reason I got the gold on the assault course) and each used different controllers and control laws. All handled differently. Then there's also the fact I had tactically run away at the start of each fight to get typhoon 2 up to speed as it didn't have the quickest spin up in the world.
Recently, hornet 2 isn't so much a driving machine as the wheels are so wide apart it was easy to stop me controlling it
Used to be me, my driving even got commented on by Matt Maxham, and i get asked to drive peoples robots a lot for them. but im out of practice now- to busy trying to keep 4 wheels on the ground :)
Nowadays id day John reid or Ian wotts are by far the smoothest drivers... A lot of people seem to just go full out these days and dont really seem to use there speed controller with much precision.
Anyone can win driving Beauty, even me John. Drive something hard to control like 360 then you may claim the best driver award (Dave probably won't let you drive it though!)
A case could probably be made for Jack Evans - of Terrior, Terrorizer, Terrordactyl, etc. - in my opinion (anyone who's seen how fast his robots are will know what I mean, he can control them when they're going from one side of the arena to the other faster than I can blink)
For the bigger machines it's hard to pick just one because each robot is so different in its setup, but spinner drivers seem to do well considering the extra gyro forces they have to fight against.
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Originally Posted by geeza
I think that the drive system is the main weapon - maybe a big reason as to why beauty2 has been so good over the years.
Would love to drive 360 ye - but as you say can't see dave letting me ha.
Would love to drive Thz, big nipper, storm2 , razer, typhoon, saint - these are some of the robots I reckon will need the most skill to drive - all there drivers have mastered them to.
i was about to say that, him or perhaps dan townend?Quote:
Originally Posted by joeychevron
Joey as well is getting better every event, im finding it cool that the young guys are getting just as good as the older guys :) alex (tiny toon) and matt hunt (hunter) are good young drivers as well. thats not to take anything away from the adults though :lol: the iron awe guys are as good as ever, and big nipper is very nicely controlled, George Francis for me the best driver of the robot wars era.
im learning as well, never gonna be as good as the other guys but im getting there :wink: Harry and Ben are gaining confidence as well....now just need to turn up with a decent robot...
but i recon the ones to watch are Jamie (drumroll) and Will (team shock) both doing well in the featherweights (and in will's case, heavyweights!)
i have to disagree with you about george francis jack he did a runner from Razer lol
wouldnt anyone :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by MattPPA13
yeah lol more of a sarcastic comment
Gary certainly impressed me at Technogames and the Typhoon spinners must have been trickier than most to drive. I don't know about some of the robots listed by John as needing a lot of skill. anything with 4WD seems to be easier if there's enough power to 'skid' effectively. Terrorhurtz always seems very precisely driven and Jonno is extremely good- lots of practice! Andy's son is really good with Kan Opener too. Back in the day George and Kim were probably the best, Andy Marchant was very good too, as was Mr Adams with the 'Thing' series. Narrow 2WD robots tend to be the trickiest to keep on line, so driving something like that well is fairly impressive.
Currently the best drivers around have got to be Ian Thomas and his partner from the tag team champs last year.If those 2 guys can get 2 rambots to the semi finals against all of those so called top class spinners and flippers they must be pretty special in my eyes. :D :D
This topic could be: What do you think of this person's driving?
I'll start off: What do you think of my driving? (I have driven Mini Mighty Mouse, 4 4 Toon, Tilly Evo, SMIDSY, operated Scorpion's axe, one of Dave Weston's ants, and LR Evo.
Hey, this is a no brainer question. I am the best driver!!!! lol.
would definatly say the hardest type of robot to drive are 2 wheel drive with the wheels at the front
when your used to 2 wheel drive with the wheels at the back or in the middle it just handles completly different
Tell me about it Calum, I had to put a gyro to be able to drive in a straight line :P
I agree with Dave and Calum, Weird Alice was a complete nightmare. The only person to drive it with what looked like full control was Jonno. It's currently being rebuilt with 4 wheel drive, much easier. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Therefore, Jonno would probably get my vote for his ablilty to drive Weird Alice with control, that said I would also commend Shane Lale for how well he drive's Weird mAlice and any other robot he get's hold off.
That's always been the problem with Skink, front wheel drive.
File under: seemed like a good idea at the time!
Mike.
There you go Ian, 4WD coming up and you've already got the armour upgrade- I feel vindicated suggesting all of that at Hemel three years back. Just needs a bigger scoop on the front to finish up! Nice to see you've been getting some results with the new machine, BTW- you guys deserve it.
John, we're going to be replacing the flipper with an axe as part of the rebuild, just so we have a different weapon to play with.
mostly when it was on TV the axe's were mostly the people who lost in my opinion, like if you have a good flipper you can win against an AXE pretty easy, but as thingy says, depends on the driving.Quote:
Originally Posted by ian_humphrey
Good stuff Ian- can't have too many axebots! If I ever get Ka-Pow! back in the arena (it could happen...) it's rematch time. I think we only went one-on-one once against Weird Alice, and that went to us, but you did get the first flip in. Robot Rumble '06 I think...
Of course if we were talking worst driver I'd be in with a shout, although we still won a few. I think we hold a winning record against Beast, eh John?
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Oh, and Pyrogram- depends on the axebot. Most of them weren't that great when RW was on TV. It's certainly not easy to beat Terrorhurtz, and the current version of Thor is pretty formidable too.
yer thats true, but the good old hypno-disc pwned with that disc lol , what happened to there robot if you knowQuote:
Originally Posted by lex
Retired. I don't know if they exhibit it, or do lectures. I've not heard of them attending live events even to display, but then I haven't been to a gig myself for a couple of years, so I'm not certain. Towards the end on the TV show they were looking a bit vulnerable to the better armoured flippers. The final version was still dangerous though! If you're keen on Hypnodisc, try to get to the featherweight championships later this month (see details elsewhere on the forum), and see 360 in action. For it's size it is incredibly powerful- IIRC it is more powerful in absolute terms compared to early versions of Hypnodisc!
We are veering seriously off topic though- my steering of threads may be even worse than of robots...
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Originally Posted by lex
yer, but i you did awnser my question so :) thanks,been wanting to go to a live event for some time, just need to find a time when im free lol. ok lets get back on topic :crazy: