Front-hinged flipping arms

Rear-hinged flipping arms were the more common of the two types of flipping arm. They were most effective at lifting up a robot on one side and toppling it over. Flipping arms were often used in conjunction with axes as they could easily be placed next to each other. Mortis was the first robot to employ the combination.

The most notable robot with a rear-hinged flipping arm is Gemini. The clusterbot was the only robot with a lifting arm to throw another out of the arena, after they combined against The Creature.

Definition

 * A flipping arm is typically thin in width, but extends the same length as a true flipper.
 * A robot's flipper is front-hinged if the robot flipper connects at the base of the robot, opening outwards. This creates a "sit-up" motion in the weapon.

Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages
 * Flipping arms usually needed less power to operate that true flippers, so would be capable of more flips.
 * They were usually extremely durable.

Disadvantages
 * With the advent of srimechs and invertible robots, the lack of being able to throw another robot out of the arena meant that flipping arms didn't progress very far in later wars.

List of Robots with Rear-Hinged Flipping Arms
Robots are listed alphabetically. Robots that are not heavyweight are listed with a green background.