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Lightning was a wedge-shaped robot that debuted in Extreme 2. It had 2 side flippers which opened from both sides of the robot, but in Series 7 they were merged into 1 large side-flipper. This set-up was unique among flippers, which usually opened straight up or fired outwards. It used its wedge shape to drive under robots and then flip them onto their sides with one of the flippers. The Series 7 model featured interchangeable panels and flipper so that the configuration could change to suit its opponent, but the rules of Series 7 made this against the rules. The team ultimately chose the single panel flipper as it was twice as powerful as the small flippers.

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