I notice you say that *after* youve sold Gravity, WJ. :-)

Interesting theory, but presumably this only applies if you get whacked from the side. An end-on (partial overlap) hit, although it exposes T2 to a flip, would throw the whole robot backwards and apply resistance to the force of the impact. It might help, but youd have to be very careful, and youd need to ensure that you were never hit behind the end of the flipper.

(The lightweight movable bit to take the impact was what I was getting at with my rotating ring theory, albeit with a different subsequent attack method).

Of course, the lightweight bit wont slow T2 down much, so you need to make sure you get the heavy backside out of the way once the front has been flung sideways...

Ed: so you *were* running with extra batteries? You did make a post about your qualifying round (IIRC) where you said youd not used full armour for speed purposes; just curious. Without being critical, for someone who can control where youre being hit, you didnt half get dinged a lot on the corner of the panel which failed (I presume youd have been better with the blade hitting the flat front face of Storm, and winced at potential broken bolts every time the corner got hit).

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