User blog:RWfan/Robot Wars Series 9 Heat A

Welcome back to Robot Wars! Last Wars in the 8th Wars without the producers interfering we finally saw Storm 2 take the Crown and became the Robot Wars Series 8 UK Champions! Now we are back with a 9th Wars and we kick things off with Heat A and with our Champions Storm 2 in the heat to kick this Series 9. Let's meet the competitors.

=Heat A Robots=

Storm 2 [1]

Weight: 100kg

Dimensions: 0.67 x 0.78 x 0.68m

Power: 2 x Electric Motors

Weapons: Lifting arm

Strengths: Unrivalled speed

Weaknesses: Often hart to control

From: Ipswich, Suffolk

Team Members: Ed Hoppitt, Tim Bence & Meral Kolac

Scorpion [17]

Weight: 97kg

Dimensions: 0.30 x 1.20 x 1.00m

Power: 2 x 800W electric motors

Weapons: Double-Headed Axe

Strengths: Strong armour

Weaknesses: None, Just the driver

From: Bardon, Surrey

Team Members: Geoff Smith, John Bell & Sarah Bell

Velocirippa

Weight: 97kg

Dimensions: 0.70 x 1.10 x 0.64m

Power: 2 x 800W electric motors

Weapons: Flipper

Strengths: Self righting

Weaknesses: Weak armour

From: Clifon, Nottinghamshire

Team Members: Trevor Wright, Matthew Wright & Anthony Hiller

Shell Shock

Weight: 83kg

Dimensions: 0.65 x 0.62 x 0.73m

Power: 24V electric motors

Weapons: Axe & disc cutter

Strengths: Manoeuvrability

Weaknesses: Weak outer shell

From: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

Team Members: John Lewis & Richard Lewis

Diabolus

Weight: 94kg

Dimensions: 0.20 x 1.00 x 0.90m

Power: 750W electric motors

Weapons: 2 x 10" spinning discs

Strengths: Speed & Invertible

Weaknesses: Weak side body armour

From: Minster on the Isle of Sheppey

Team Members Graham Huish, Noel Partington & John Kelly

The Executioner

Weight: 99kg

Dimensions: 0.50 x 0.94 x 0.70m

Power: 2 x 1500W electric motors

Weapons: Vertical spinning disc

Strengths: Disc and powerful motors

Weaknesses: Untried design

From: Hampton, Peterborough

Team Members: Mark Nenadic, Ian Sanford & Tom Sanford

Infernal Contraption

Weight: 97kg

Dimensions: 0.42m x 0.70 x 0.84m

Power: 3 x 750W electric motors

Weapons: Rotating drum

Strengths: Vicious Weapon

Weaknesses: Random control

From: Washingborough, Lincolnshire

Team Members: Jonathan Pillai, Gary Ewer & Ray Thompson

IG-88

Weight: 99kg

Dimensions: 0.65 x 0.70 x 1.16m

Power: 2 x 750W electric motors

Weapons: Spinning Axe

Strengths: Agility, size & shape

Weaknesses: Thin Armour

From: Clacton-on-Sea, Essex

Team Members: Paul Rose, Anton Grounds & Phillip Calthorpe

=Round One=

Scorpion [17] vs Diabolus vs Velocirippa vs IG-88
To be updated, check back every now and then to see if it's up dated, also feel free to give your thoughts on who you think will survive the melee battles.