I both design something effective AND that I like . And thanks for saying that about my robots - the majority of them date back to my arrival on the forum, where to be honest, they were AWFUL! But gradually, i found my feet and realised that you dont need Eteks for drive in a ring-spinners.

Nitro-Gene I think is without a question my most sucessful robot and MeCannibals the second and D.V.D is the 3rd. Nitro-Gene went through quite a progress of improvement, much like that of AJ and his robots. The first incarnation of Nitro was a box with slanted sides and a flat-front as well as that flipper. Then I added a wedge to the front to give me an advantage in getting under other robots, the 2 48V Eteks were removed and I added 4 LEMs at 36V and I made the armour on the flipper much harder. Version 3 was retired very quickly, but Nitro-Gene 4.0 now has skirting, a more powerful flipper, less wheels to increase traction, more armour and Ive also rounded off ALL the edges to make it resiliant to the spinners with hooked teeth.

But yes...anyway