Last year Alex was in the I need a FP Flipper to be competetive camp. But after his fight against Ripper at Maidstone in the Team Bud Trophy fight (where he got absolutely spanked), he is now of the opinion that good tactics,good driving and luck play a huge part in winning,not just a mahoosive flip.So much so that plans for a new robot are on hold,for the time being, and the new machine will most probably not be a flipper,but he is only 11 so this will probably be out of date by the time I press post
Does he want to win? He is 11 to right he does.Does he want to have fun with his robot? Even more so.
I go to an event to have a good day out with my mates,to me winning is not as important as a good time. I don't feel that you must have a FP flipper to win.Last years UK Champs semi finalists were 2 x FP Flipers,1 x Axe and 1 x LP Flipper,and in my opinion it was a great event.
That being said the big flip FP brigade do seem to be making their machines more and more powerfull,so the other machines need to adapt their tactics to take them on, but it can be done.

Clive