Alexander 2 (also referred to as The Alexander 2) was a heavyweight robot proposed by Team Delta for an unspecified US Robot Wars television series. References and planned statistics for the robot - to have succeeded their 1997 middleweight competitor Alexander - were released on the team's website in the first half of 2001. Though not confirmed, it is likely that Alexander 2 was to have been built for the first season of TNN's Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors.[3]
Ultimately, Alexander 2 would not be completed, and references to the robot were removed by the end of the same year.[4] Regardless, Bob Pitzer would still appear in both seasons of Extreme Warriors as part of Team Raptor. Meanwhile, Dan Danknick would also be involved backstage as a crewmember,[5] and join Adam Clark's team when Wowot competed in the Season 2 International Championship.
Design[]
Only limited statistics are available for Alexander 2, which was to have been designed to the increased 100kg/220lb weight limit introduced for Extreme Warriors Season 1 and Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1. The robot's construction would have incorporated a 1/2 inch welded square tube steel chassis and 6-4 grade titanium armor plating. Internally, it was to have utilized two Hawker batteries rated at 12V, 13Ah; the drive was to have comprised of two Bosch GPA750 motors.[2]
Team Delta listed Alexander 2's weapon as a '4340 blade', driven by an electric system incorporating a 5hp MilSpec motor. It can be inferred from their statistics that the weapon was to have been a spinner of some description; the team had previously used this high-strength chromoly steel material for the rotating bar of their BattleBots middleweight champion Hazard.[6] Alexander 2's internals would have been controlled by a single five-channel PCM radio system. Though no costs had been mentioned by Team Delta, they had anticipated to start building the robot as early as January 2001. It was estimated that the build process would have taken 'about 3 months' to complete.[2]
The Team[]
Alexander 2 was to have been captained and driven by Dan Danknick, who would have also been responsible for the robot's design, construction and software setups. Joining Danknick on the team would have been veteran UK Series roboteer Adam Clark - himself also responsible for representing Team Delta and organizing their sponsorship arrangements for UK and European teams - and Bob Pitzer, member of Team Raptor and founder of the BotBash live competitions.[1] As well as sharing a wealth of experience competing in US and UK events, the trio had previously collaborated to compete with The Mangulator in the Series 4 War of Independence special, along with the concurrently-filmed but unaired American Robot Wars 2000 pilot. Incidentally, Pitzer and his team would end up competing with a high-powered spinner in Extreme Warriors, in the form of Cyclone.
Series Record[]
1994-1997 US Competitions[]
| Events | Alexander 2 Event Record |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Did not enter |
| 1995 | Did not enter |
| 1996 | Entered with Agamemnon |
| 1997 | Entered with Alexander Entered with The Ominous Brick of Havoc |
UK Series[]
| Series | Alexander 2 Series Record |
|---|---|
| The First Wars | Did not enter |
| The Second Wars | Did not enter |
| The Third Wars | Did not enter |
| The Fourth Wars | War of Independence with The Mangulator |
| The Fifth Wars | Did not enter |
| The Sixth Wars | Did not enter |
| The Seventh Wars | Did not enter |
| Series 8 | Did not enter |
| Series 9 | Did not enter |
| Series 10 | Did not enter |
US Series[]
| US Series | Alexander 2 Series Record |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | Did not enter |
| Season 2 | Entered with Wowot |
| Nickelodeon | Did not enter |
The UK and US Series records are reflective of team captain Dan Danknick only.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 'Team Delta 2001', Team Delta website (archived June 16 2001)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 'The Alexander 2', Team Delta website (archived June 16 2001)
- ↑ 'The Robots of Team Delta', Team Delta website (archived June 2 2001)
- ↑ 'The Robots of Team Delta', Team Delta website (archived December 19 2001)
- ↑ 'Robot Wars Journal - Team Run Amok', Team Run Amok website
- ↑ 'HAZARD: March 2000', Team Delta website (archived March 3 2001)