Well back from Dublin where Kronic got to the final. Very pleased with the improvements, its drives so much better and having the angled back allows it to drive off wedges etc. First fight the ram moved, turns out i had forgot to put the nuts on 2 of the bolts holding the ram down! Second fight the burkerts got stuck open due to swarf out of the buffers getting in. The 3rd fight was gainst UFO in the first round of the competition, where it went through easily (UFOs valve has been playing up), 2nd round against Big Bro where I flipped him aorund the arena until he got stuck. Semi-Final against IA6, this has to be one of the closest and exciting fights, with the most flips ever in a single fight! Kronic got the win from the judges, but could of gone either way. The final was against a in form Ripper, Ripper won on a Judges decision, another good fight with each robot having their moments on top, I'll have you next time Jonno! The last fight was the top 4 ( Ripper, Beast (Much improved), IA6 and Kronic) but with all the drivers swapping, another great fight, one of the gearboxes broke in the near the end (thats what happens when you let Mr Lear near your transmitter!).
So overall very pleased with the results, just need to fix the gearbox and its ready for the next event.
Managed to get the mechanoid base running as well, but didn't drive as well as i hope, just needs weight moving forward. Only got a couple of runs with it as i was fighting in 16 of the 19 shows!
Didnt manage to get any pics of videos, but i think others got them, so i'll link them when they apppear.





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