User blog:Drop Zone mk2/Draft Twister (Series 4) Article

Well, well, well. After almost a decade of searching, we have finally found a picture of Adam Clark's Twister, and the facts about why it failed to qualify. Here's the link. I never seriously thought I'd be able to write an article for it, but here we are. Before I put it up however, I thought I'd write a draft.

Twister (Series 4)
"...it was a direct copy of blendo with advice from that team."

- Adam Clark on Facebook

Twister was a robot built by Adam Clark to enter Robot Wars. Adam Clark attempted to qualify for the Fourth Wars with Twister. However, Twister failed to qualify because Adam Clark was unable to attend the qualifiers, and did not attempt to qualify for any subsequent series.

Design
"Basically it was a 3ft ring fitted with an internal chain drive running off a vertical tecumseh with a go kart auto clutch. It had a fibreglass geodesic dome. It actually ran, was extremely loud and took a little while to get up to speed. But boy did it spin!"

- Adam Clark on Facebook

Twister was a dome shaped full body spinner, based on American robot Blendo. It was powered by a Briggs and Stratton motor, and had a Go-Kart slip clutch.

Series Record
NOTE: 259-Horizontal and The Skinner may have attempted to enter Series 7 and 9 respectively, but this is not confirmed

Trivia

 * The drive system of Twister was used for the middleweight version of 259. Adam Clark still has Twister, though its dome, motor mounts and gears have been lost.