Middleweights at the World Champs

[phantom]

The middleweights running at the World Champs are

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

[john_frizell]

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.

[blazerbotics]

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

[teammad]

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

[typhoon_driver]

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.

[john_frizell]

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.

[mikeyg]

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

Falcon is terrifying, winning the latest Battlebots IQ event.

[mikeyg]

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...

[mikeyg]

Ah, its Mad Dog. Just as bad!

[simon]

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.