COMPRESSION

BODY SHAPE: Looking down from above it€™s a triangle, the bottom line is the front

WEIGHT: 100kg

DIMENSIONS (L X W X H): 75cm (90cm with wedge and claws) x 75cm (shrinking progressively down to 25cm at the rear) x 15cm

COLOUR: Polished to perfection, the claws are gold with red tips and the spikes are black

LOCOMOTION: 2 x 164mm go-kart style wheels with aluminium hubs and vulcanised tyres

GROUND CLEARANCE: 7mm

SKIRTS: A 5mm hardox hinged wedge at the front (between the claws) that flops over when the robot is inverted, as do the 5mm grade 2 titanium side skirts

DRIVE MOTORS: 2 x Bosch 750w motors running at 36v

DRIVE BATTERIES: 2 x NiCad battlepacks running at 36v in parallel

SPEED: Can reach 25mph to batter opponents around, but is kept to 15mph when driving around

TURNING CIRCLE: 0 metres

BODY ARMOUR: 3.2mm hardox monocoque for the most part, with 5mm hardox extra protection in key areas such as battery mounts

CHASSIS: 3.2mm hardox monocoque

WEAPON 1: The front horizontal Kan Opener-style crushing jaws are closed completely via a vivoil pump powered by a LEM-130 motor @ 36v, the hydraulics are at 3000psi giving 4.5 tonnes of crushing force between the tip, this is interchangeable for a pneumatic setup powered from a 3kg bottle and 2 x 100mm rams at 725 psi each. The claws themselves remain the same in both setups and are tungsten tipped with serrated edges

WEAPON 2: The hinged wedge between the claws beaches opponents with the Mute-style barbs it has so that the opponent can be pushed around while the claws keep hold, this is perfect for pitting robots because the wedge will flop over the edge of the pit so when the claws let go the opponent will fall straight in. Also on either side of the rear point there is a tungsten tipped spike, so when the robot spins on the spot with the two wheel drive it functions as a thwackbot

WEAPON BATTERIES: 2 x NiCad battlepacks running at 24v in parallel

SRIMECH: Can run inverted

STRENGTHS: Powerful weaponry, can end battles in seconds due to grab and pit using the weapon synergy, fast, good armour

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THUNDERSTORM

BODY SHAPE: Low wedge ala Voltronic with a Firestorm-style blade at the foot of the wedge

WEIGHT: 120kg (takes advantage of a 10% bonus allowed for tracks)

DIMENSIONS (L X W X H): 75cm x 75cm x 20cm

COLOUR: Black with gold outlines and the name written in silver with blood red outline along the top of the wedge

LOCOMOTION: 2 x internal fully vulcanised titanium tank tracks

GROUND CLEARANCE: 0 at the front, 10mm at sides and rear

SKIRTS: 5mm grade 2 titanium torsion sprung skirts at sides and rear

DRIVE MOTORS: 2 x LEMCO-200 lynch motors running at 48v

DRIVE BATTERIES: 8 x NiCad battlepacks running at 48v in parallel

SPEED: 20mph

TURNING CIRCLE: 0 metres

BODY ARMOUR: 5mm hardox monocoque, with 6mm hardox on the wedge and 4mm 7075 aircraft aluminium on the base

CHASSIS: 3.2mm hardox monocoque

WEAPON 1: A Firestorm-style front hinged flipper hinged 5cm up the wedge and ending 5cm from the end, it is powered by 2 x 120mm rams at 175psi from 2 x 1.1kg bottles, giving 15-20 flips per bout.

WEAPON 2: The robot is a very good pusher

WEAPON BATTERIES: Just a few A123s to operate the valves

SRIMECH: The flipper will right the robot quickly and easily

STRENGTHS: Good all rounder, good pusher, decent weapon, good armour

(Message edited by Supersporty on October 23, 200