Front-hinged flippers

The other type of true flipper is the front-hinged flipper, the less common of the two. They were pioneered back in Series 1, with Rex Garrod's Recyclopse leading the way. It was powerful enough, even back then, to throw Matilda onto her back. Since then there have been some excellent robots with the weapon, most notably Firestorm.

Front-hinged flippers were also capable of throwing a robot out of the arena, however, none in Robot Wars managed to do so except Firestorm. Firestorm featured an adjustable caster at the back that could be retracted in, allowing it to "rear up". When it was against the sidewall, rearing up would align its flipper in just the right position to push opponents over the wall. Currently, the only other front-hinged flipper to successfully OotA an opponent is Hall-of-Famer Envy. Envy's flipper alone is powerful enough to throw opponents out of the arena, without assistance from adjustable casters.

Definition

 * A true flipper is defined as a reasonably wide flipping plate.
 * A robot's flipper is front-hinged if the robot flipper connects at the base of the robot, opening outwards. This creates a "sit-up" motion in the weapon.

List of Robots with Front-Hinged Flippers
Robots are listed alphabetically. Robots that are not heavyweight are listed with a green background.