ThunderChild

ThunderChild is a heavyweight robot, armed with a rear-hinged flipping arm. Although Team Ironclads did not participate in the original run of Robot Wars, they applied for the 2016 series of Robot Wars with Thunderchild, but were not selected to take part.

ThunderChild was originally built by Shane Swan of Team S-tec, Robot Wars veterans with Trax, who now own Dantomkia. Under the ownership of Team S-tec, the robot was known as Air, but was renamed to ThunderChild by Team ThunderCheese (now Team Ironclads), after they purchased the robot before January 2015.

The robot may be named after the fictional ironclad torpedo ram HMS Thunder Child in H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds, destroyed whilst protecting a refugee fleet from the Martians.

Robot Wars Live Events
ThunderChild has competed at various Robot Wars live events, albeit with no major success thus far. In 2015, it competed at the Robot Wars World Championships held in Colchester, reaching the second round. It qualified out of the first round with ease, as An Adorable Kitten never moved in the battle, immediately giving the win to ThunderChild and TR2, although TR2 flipped ThunderChild and AAK out of the arena regardless. In the second round, ThunderChild faced Apex and Nuts, but its flipper was not working. It still started the battle aggressively, but after driving over the floor flipper, ThunderChild was turned over and could not self-right, eliminating it.

ThunderChild was in attendance at the first show of 2016, held in Manchester, but did not compete until the second day due to mechanical problems. It battled Eric and Ripper, surviving longer than Eric, but eventually losing to Ripper.

Team Ironclads also participate in the featherweight battles with two featherweights, Small Cheese and Red Leicester. Small Cheese is a yellow wedge, armed with a hanging mace.

Outside Robot Wars
ThunderChild fought at Dublin's largest robotic event in 2016, where it defeated Stinger, also facing Beast and Toxic 2.

Series Record

 * Series 1-7: Did not enter
 * 2016 series: Failed to qualify