Tantrum

Tantrum was a red boxed shaped robot from Series 2. It also had 6 front wheels in a pyramid configuration, much the same as Trident. Its weapons were a sharpened steel flail that spun at 1000RPM, and a spring loaded ramming bumper. Tantrum cost 500 pounds and 200 hours to construct. In Series 2 Tantrum was nominated for the Sportsmanship award, but lost out to Plunderbird 2.

For Series 3, it re-entered as T2 (Tantrum 2), a similar robot with a rounded front that vaguely resembled an Old Western Locomotive with a cowcatcher as its lifter.

The team also revised T2 and painted it orange and gave it an axe as T 2 R Special, however it failed to qualify for the Fourth Wars, after a defeat at the hands of future semi-finalist Tornado.

Series 2
Tantrum was quick in the Gauntlet. It sped through the barrels, up the see-saw and past Sgt. Bash to complete the course in the fastest time. However, in the Tug-of-War Trial, Tantrum did not have enough grip or power and was pulled into the Pit by Dead Metal in 16.15 seconds, just two seconds behind Wheelosaurus, eliminating it from the competition.

Series 3
In its first round, T2 faced Vector, which never got going. Having immoblised Vector by shoving it into the wall, T2 drove into the pit, but the judges put it through anyway. In the next round, it faced Darke Destroyer, but the team were forced to enter without a weapon. The robots charged each other several times, as well as both steering into CPZs at some point. Darke Destroyer's blades scuffed the front of T2, inflicting slight damage, whilst T2 pushed Darke Destroyer into side walls. The split 2-1 decision put Darke Destroyer through. "It came through mainly on aggression, on the fact that their weapon was much more aggressive - and we did talk before, about you not having any weapons."

- Philippa Forrester

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 1
 * Losses: 2

Series Record

 * Series 1: Did not enter
 * Series 2: Heat, Trial
 * Series 3: Heat, Round 2
 * Series 4: Failed to qualify with T2 R Special
 * Series 5-7: Did not enter