War on/in the Wirral
I went to this event as a judge which, I have to confess, I do enjoy. I did manage to score a whiteboard with a hastily rebuilt Honey Badger against Igor, which isn't the first time I have fought that robot but lost the fight owing to the battery being on its last leg. I had hoped to get the 5.0 version up and running by then but the 4.1.5 (I think) version would have to do.

The event itself, however, was inspiring. I've never been big into spinners but seriously tempted to put one together following that event. I just wish it had been warmer on the day!

Jibril
Jibril is now ready for the 3 back to back weekends at RL Grantham, EXR Maidstone and RL Stoke. For me, this is now a battle to get into the top 3. The big axes, which I showed off at the event, I am likely not going to get mounted for this block of events given all that is going on outside of the robotics space with me.

Azriel
I really wish I had the time to rebuild this from the ground up as I had hoped earlier on in the year. I spent a couple of evenings tearing the machine down and tidying up/tightening/cleaning all the components so at rebuild, it is more battle ready than it was - one of the motors was just about to fall off. The wheels have had to be changed because the hub assembly was warped and they were end of life anyway - they have been around since The Honey Badger 2.0!