Sabretooth

"Basically they got a moped, cut it up, wielded lots of bits of metal to it, strapped on some motors and here it is!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Sabre Tooth (alternatively SabreTooth) was a competitor in Series 5 and 6 of Robot Wars. It was originally similar in shape to Spikasaurus, with a large shredding weapon that spun at 2400 RPM, and a rollcage to right itself when flipped.

In Series 6, it was redesigned and added a large spinning disc weapon. Unfortunately for Sabre Tooth, its axle for the 13 inch cutting disc weapon broke during the qualifiers, so the team was forced to remove it. The old axle was wielded back together, but it would no longer hold up the power of the disc, so the team instead equipped a large tire for extra speed and mobility, giving Sabre Tooth 12-horsepower push and allowing it to reach reported incredible speeds of 70 MPH (which would have made it the fastest robot in Robot Wars if these reports are true). This didn't help against the weaponry of Terrorhurtz, and because of its thin aluminium armour and the petrol powering the weapon was on board, Sabre Tooth was eliminated in the first round.

An all-new Sabretooth was built for Series 7, featuring a horizontal flywheel, capable of spinning at an incredible speed of 9000rpm, powered by a 125cc engine. Although Disc-O-Inferno won the qualifier battle against it, Hassocks Hog 2 and another flipper, Sabretooth qualified for the Seventh Wars. After earning qualification, Sabretooth was required to lower the top speed of its flywheel. This was impossible for the team to do in time, so Sabretooth was withdrawn.

In its qualifier battle, the Sabretooth team had agreed to team up with Disc-O-Inferno and defeat the flippers. Sabretooth was able to defeat its opponent with a single blow, while Disc-O-Inferno immobilised Hassocks Hog 2, despite damaging its ally after a flip from Hassocks Hog.

A new machine was built for Series 7. This version had a horizontal flywheel, but failed to qualify after being flipped about by Hassocks Hog 2 and being ripped apart by Disc-O-Inferno in the qualifier.

Series 5


In the heats of Series 5, Sabre Tooth fought Evolution in Round 1, where it moved forward and received a blow from Evolution's turret weapon. Evolution then rammed Sabre Tooth and stopped its weapon completely. Suddenly, both robots ground to a halt. The house robots, Sergeant Bash and Sir Killalot, both closed in to attack Evolution, fiercely penetrating the armour and snapping the turret weapon, but both house robots received yellow cards from Refbot. Sabre Tooth came back to life and rammed Evolution, and then time ran out. As a direct result, Evolution had won the judge's decision and proceeded through to Round 2, Sabre Tooth was therefore eliminated.

Series 6
The spinning disc broke before the first battle, so it was replaced by a motorcycle tyre, which increased Sabre Tooth's top speed to 70mph. Sabre Tooth faced 3 veterans in the first round battle: A-Kill, Terrorhurtz and Reptirron The Second. Sabre Tooth played very little part in its battle, it ran into Sergeant Bash immediately and then slammed backwards into Terrorhurtz, who landed several powerful axe blows on it. It was shoved into the side wall afterwards, with several pieces of armour buckled and broken. Sabre Tooth was left immobile, counted out by Refbot and thrown by the floor flipper. It was eliminated along with the equally sluggish Reptirron The Second.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 0
 * Losses: 2

Series Record

 * Series 1-4: Did not enter
 * Series 5: Heat, Round 1
 * Series 6: Heat, Round 1
 * Series 7: Withdrew