robot wars and battle bots

**webby** · 14th June 2011, 20:02

i was wondering what feather robots have been made the same as rw and bb robots i know theres venom and 360 but what others?
i was thinking about making NIGHTMARE! feather weight?

**mattsdragons** · 14th June 2011, 20:08

razer, storm 2, panic attack, DTK, ripper, pussycat and behmoth from robot wars have all been made into FW versions

a FW nightmare probably would be amazing due to the amount of flippers we have it would be easily over turned

**RogueTwoRobots** · 14th June 2011, 20:13

There have been quite a few as far as I can recall, most of which have probably been retired (with exception of the newer creations)

A few that spring to mind are:

Pussycat > Kitty
Typhoon 2 > Typhoon Cadet
Dantomkia > DTK
Kronic > Weed
Ripper Evo > Rip Evo
Terrorhurtz > Mini Hurtz
Warhead > Predator (someday

)

Not too hot on other Battlebots robots though so not sure what's been made there. Haven't seen a FW Nightmare before but I know there have been incarnations in the small weight classes over in America.
I also remember seeing an old pic of a UK featherweight that was similar in design to Nightmare but that was several years ago and I can't recall its name.

One FW replica that hasn't been done (but that I would love to see) is Big Nipper; even the name of Little Nipper is well suited to it and would slot in nicely with their other featherweights. But I imagine it would be fair challenge getting the necessary weapon mechanisms and 8-wheel drive into the weight limit and have it all working to the same degree of effectiveness as the heavyweight.

**webby** · 14th June 2011, 20:13

yeh i like it cus of that!

but its a great design

**mattsdragons** · 14th June 2011, 20:16

one that seems SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO obvious yet no one has made is a FW chaos 2!

**RogueTwoRobots** · 14th June 2011, 20:21

Yeah, although doing it justice would be difficult.
You'd have to have two pneumatic rams to stay true to the heavy, but they would be a lot less powerful than one centrally-mounted big(ish) one similar to what a lot of featherweights now use. As a result, you'd have a Chaos 2 replica that would be expected to be the best in its class (like its daddy) yet would be upstaged by several other flippers.

But it would be cool nonetheless

**mattsdragons** · 14th June 2011, 20:25

I do think that you can't stay completely true to the HW originals

Look at tiny hurtz, it doesn't have 6 buffer thanks or ridiculously small wheels on the outside