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|robot_name=Chopper
 
|robot_name=Chopper
|image=[[File:Chopper.jpg|200px]]
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|image=[[File:Chopper.png|200px]]
|caption=Chopper
 
 
|series=Extreme 2
 
|series=Extreme 2
|team=Robots Revenge
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|team=Those Magnificent Men
 
|team_members=Ian Bennett<br/>Guy Gibson<br/>Tom Gibson
 
|team_members=Ian Bennett<br/>Guy Gibson<br/>Tom Gibson
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|from=Hedge End, Hampshire
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|stats=Chopper stats.png
 
|weight=99kg
 
|weight=99kg
 
|dimensions=0.33m x 1.57m x 1.16m
 
|dimensions=0.33m x 1.57m x 1.16m
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|weapons=Rotary Chopper
 
|weapons=Rotary Chopper
 
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{{quote|Who can stop-per, the whopper, that is Chopper?|[[Jonathan Pearce]] introduces Chopper.}}
'''Chopper''' was a low octagonal box wedge shaped robot that was shaped almost exactly the same as [[Spin Doctor (Series 2)|Spin Doctor]] from Series 2. Its weapon was a 1000RPM rotary chopper which resembled a helicopter blade, this blade was also meant to block flippers. It was armoured with very thick bulletproof polycarbonate for the top layer, aluminium for the second layer and a steel frame at the base and could travel at 21mph. Chopper managed to get to the second round of of its heat in the New Blood Tournament of Extreme 2 of ''[[Robot Wars]]'', before being beaten by future World Champion, Storm 2.
 
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'''Chopper''' was a robot that exclusively fought in the New Blood Championship of the second series of [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2|''Robot Wars Extreme'']], entered by a team of pilots, hence the robot's helicopter inspiration and name. It reached the second round of its heat, before losing to eventual New Blood and future World Champions [[Storm 2]].
   
Chopper was originally entered in Series 6, but it failed to qualify.
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Chopper had originally attempted to enter Series 6, but failed to qualify for that series.
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==Design==
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[[File:Chopper chassis.jpg|thumb|left|Chopper's chassis]]
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{{quote|Before we started any design work we decided on the criteria that we felt would make a good robot. These were: Low profile - We felt this would give us a number of advantages: Low centre of gravity making it harder for others to flip us and it would position our weapon where we felt it would do the most damage. Rotary weapon - From what we have seen watching hours of Robot wars, it was clear to us that rotary weapons were more exciting (we were getting a bit fed up with standard wedges and flippers) and very destructive. Drive & Control - Chopper's wheels are driven by two Bosche 750w motors. Each motor is controlled by its own 4QD speed controller. The controllers are in turn controlled by a Delbots mixer board. This has proved to be a reliable and rugged combination.|Robots Revenge website on the design of Chopper}}
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[[File:Chopper EX2.jpg|thumb|left|Chopper in the arena]]
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[[File:Chopper Top.jpg|thumb|Top view of Chopper]]
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Chopper was a red, octagonal-shaped robot armed with a 1000rpm spinning bar resembling a helicopter rotor blade. It had a steel frame with two layers of amour - a bulletproof polycarbonate top layer and an aluminium bottom layer - and could travel at up to 21mph. Its weakness was listed as "poor traction".
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{{quote|We have used a wide range of materials in the construction of Chopper. The frame is made of 1 mm wall 20 mm x 20 mm mild steel square tube. The central body is made from 5 mm aluminium. The body armour is made from 10 mm thick sheets of Polycarbonate. The wheels are made from 6 inch diametre billets of solid aluminium with a one inch tread made from vulcanised rubber tube.|Robots Revenge website on the materials used to build Chopper}}
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However, the weapon was ineffective and fragile, and the robot had no self-righting mechanism, which cost it against [[Storm 2]].
   
 
==Robot History==
 
==Robot History==
 
===Extreme 2===
 
===Extreme 2===
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[[File:NewBloodCRound1.1.1.jpg|thumb|left|Chopper's weapon and armour are shredded by Matilda]]
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[[File:ICU_vs_Chopper_vs_Mad_Dog.jpg|thumb|Chopper fights Mad Dog and ICU]]
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In the first round, Chopper fought against former Series 6 competitor [[ICU]] and fellow newcomer [[Mad Dog]]. It started slowly as ICU attacked Mad Dog first, before having its spinning blade knocked out of alignment by the flywheel of [[Matilda]], rendering it useless. Chopper then drove directly onto the Flame Pit, but despite appearing to be immobilised, it escaped.
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{{quote|Well, Chopper came out, I think with one plan in mind...Let's just get mullered! Let's get absolutely massacred, let's do our very, very worst!|Jonathan Pearce as Chopper is stuck on the flame pit}}
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ICU pushed Mad Dog into the arena wall, where Mad Dog stopped moving and was counted out, sustaining damage from [[Sir Killalot]] and Matilda as the battle ended. In spite of driving itself into danger on numerous occasions, Chopper qualified for the second round alongside ICU. There, it would meet the eventual winner of the tournament, [[Storm 2]].
   
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{{Dialogue a-b|[[Philippa Forrester]]|Are you in good running order now?|Ian Bennett|Very good running order, yes. Lowered the hammer slightly, because they've got a nice, low robot, spins a bit faster now I think, and we'll do very well.|Pre-battle interview.}}
{{quote|Who can stopper, the whopper, that is Chopper?|[[Jonathan Pearce]] fancying Chopper's chances.
 
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[[File:NewBloodCRound2.2.1.jpg|thumb|left|Storm 2 takes Chopper out]]
In Round 1, Chopper came up against [[ICU]] and [[Mad Dog]]. It was in trouble early on since it took damage from [[Matilda]], who tore its yellow spinning blade out of position. It then drove onto the flame pit, but despite seeming immobilized, Mad Dog was the first to be counted out and punished by [[Sir Killalot]] and Matilda. Storm 2 in the second round simply rammed Chopper into a wall, and the impact flipped the red and yellow robot upside-down. Chopper was then placed onto the floor flipper which after one unsuccessful try, managed to hurl Chopper through the air. Chopper was then roasted on the flame pit and pitted by Shunt.
 
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[[File:Shunt_Chopper.jpg|thumb|right|Shunt axes the underside of Chopper]]
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It did not last long, as Storm 2 rammed Chopper into the wall inside a CPZ, the force of the impact flipping Chopper over onto its back.
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{{quote|In underneath Chopper, very little ground clearance, and it didn't matter, they're over! They've turned turtle!|Jonathan Pearce}}
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With no self-righting mechanism, Chopper was counted out by [[Refbot]], before [[Shunt]] dragged Chopper with its axe over to the Floor Flipper. Rather than being thrown forward, Chopper was thrown airborne and landed back onto the flipper, but was hurled across the arena after Shunt repositioned it for a second flip.
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{{quote|Chopper - well it was designed on a helicopter basis, came crashing down. Let's have another go, back they go, little bit higher this time, see if you can get higher than six feet off the floor, Chopper ... That's much better! That flew further than the Wright Brothers, I'm sure! Down comes Chopper. That was almost Trans-Atlantis!|Jonathan Pearce as Chopper is flipped}}
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Chopper was pushed onto the Flame Pit by Shunt before finally being pitted by Shunt.
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{{quote|Chopper, comes a cropper!|[[Craig Charles]] after the battle}}
   
 
==Results==
 
==Results==
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{{Show|Extreme Series 2}}
 
{{Show|Extreme Series 2}}
 
{{Competition|New Blood Championship|Heat, Round 2}}
 
{{Competition|New Blood Championship|Heat, Round 2}}
{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/New Blood Championship/Heat C|Heat C]], Round 1|[[ICU]], [[Mad Dog]]|Qualified}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/New Blood Championship/Heat C|Heat C, Round 1]]|[[ICU]], [[Mad Dog]]|Qualified}}
{{Battle|Heat C, Round 2|[[Storm 2]]|Lost}}
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{{Battle|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/New Blood Championship/Heat C|Heat C, Round 2]]|[[Storm 2]]|Lost}}
 
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===Wins/Losses===
 
===Wins/Losses===
 
*Wins: 1
 
*Wins: 1
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==Series Record==
 
==Series Record==
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<gallery type="slideshow">
*Series 1-5: Did not enter
 
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ChopperTeam.jpg|The team with Chopper
*Series 6: Failed to qualify
 
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Philippa Chopper.jpg|Philippa Forrester interviews the team
*Series 7: Did not enter
 
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</gallery>
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{{Series Record EX|Chopper|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|''Failed to qualify''|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|'''New Blood Championship, Round 2'''}}
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==Trivia==
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*The team's name, "Those Magnificent Men" is a reference to the 1965 film [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Those_Magnificent_Men_in_their_Flying_Machines Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines].
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==External Links==
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20030212005859/http://robotsrevenge.co.uk/ Robots Revenge website (archived)]
   
 
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{{Extreme 2 Competing Robots}}
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[[Category:Extreme only competitors]]
 
[[Category:Extreme only competitors]]
 
[[Category:New Blood Competitors]]
 
[[Category:New Blood Competitors]]
[[Category:Robots that debuted in Extreme 2]]
 
 
[[Category:Robots from Hampshire]]
 
[[Category:Robots from Hampshire]]
[[Category:Robots with equal amount of Losses and Wins]]
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[[Category:Robots with Bar Spinners]]
[[Category:Robots with heavy rotating blades]]
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[[Category:Robots with an equal amount of Wins and Losses]]
 
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[[Category:Robots which only fought in Extreme 2]]

Revision as of 18:45, 9 April 2020

"Who can stop-per, the whopper, that is Chopper?"
Jonathan Pearce introduces Chopper.

Chopper was a robot that exclusively fought in the New Blood Championship of the second series of Robot Wars Extreme, entered by a team of pilots, hence the robot's helicopter inspiration and name. It reached the second round of its heat, before losing to eventual New Blood and future World Champions Storm 2.

Chopper had originally attempted to enter Series 6, but failed to qualify for that series.

Design

Chopper chassis

Chopper's chassis

"Before we started any design work we decided on the criteria that we felt would make a good robot. These were: Low profile - We felt this would give us a number of advantages: Low centre of gravity making it harder for others to flip us and it would position our weapon where we felt it would do the most damage. Rotary weapon - From what we have seen watching hours of Robot wars, it was clear to us that rotary weapons were more exciting (we were getting a bit fed up with standard wedges and flippers) and very destructive. Drive & Control - Chopper's wheels are driven by two Bosche 750w motors. Each motor is controlled by its own 4QD speed controller. The controllers are in turn controlled by a Delbots mixer board. This has proved to be a reliable and rugged combination."
— Robots Revenge website on the design of Chopper
Chopper EX2

Chopper in the arena

Chopper Top

Top view of Chopper

Chopper was a red, octagonal-shaped robot armed with a 1000rpm spinning bar resembling a helicopter rotor blade. It had a steel frame with two layers of amour - a bulletproof polycarbonate top layer and an aluminium bottom layer - and could travel at up to 21mph. Its weakness was listed as "poor traction".

"We have used a wide range of materials in the construction of Chopper. The frame is made of 1 mm wall 20 mm x 20 mm mild steel square tube. The central body is made from 5 mm aluminium. The body armour is made from 10 mm thick sheets of Polycarbonate. The wheels are made from 6 inch diametre billets of solid aluminium with a one inch tread made from vulcanised rubber tube."
— Robots Revenge website on the materials used to build Chopper

However, the weapon was ineffective and fragile, and the robot had no self-righting mechanism, which cost it against Storm 2.

Robot History

Extreme 2

NewBloodCRound1.1

Chopper's weapon and armour are shredded by Matilda

ICU vs Chopper vs Mad Dog

Chopper fights Mad Dog and ICU

In the first round, Chopper fought against former Series 6 competitor ICU and fellow newcomer Mad Dog. It started slowly as ICU attacked Mad Dog first, before having its spinning blade knocked out of alignment by the flywheel of Matilda, rendering it useless. Chopper then drove directly onto the Flame Pit, but despite appearing to be immobilised, it escaped.

"Well, Chopper came out, I think with one plan in mind...Let's just get mullered! Let's get absolutely massacred, let's do our very, very worst!"
— Jonathan Pearce as Chopper is stuck on the flame pit

ICU pushed Mad Dog into the arena wall, where Mad Dog stopped moving and was counted out, sustaining damage from Sir Killalot and Matilda as the battle ended. In spite of driving itself into danger on numerous occasions, Chopper qualified for the second round alongside ICU. There, it would meet the eventual winner of the tournament, Storm 2.

Philippa Forrester: "Are you in good running order now?"
Ian Bennett: "Very good running order, yes. Lowered the hammer slightly, because they've got a nice, low robot, spins a bit faster now I think, and we'll do very well."
— Pre-battle interview.
NewBloodCRound2.2

Storm 2 takes Chopper out

Shunt Chopper

Shunt axes the underside of Chopper

It did not last long, as Storm 2 rammed Chopper into the wall inside a CPZ, the force of the impact flipping Chopper over onto its back.

"In underneath Chopper, very little ground clearance, and it didn't matter, they're over! They've turned turtle!"
— Jonathan Pearce

With no self-righting mechanism, Chopper was counted out by Refbot, before Shunt dragged Chopper with its axe over to the Floor Flipper. Rather than being thrown forward, Chopper was thrown airborne and landed back onto the flipper, but was hurled across the arena after Shunt repositioned it for a second flip.

"Chopper - well it was designed on a helicopter basis, came crashing down. Let's have another go, back they go, little bit higher this time, see if you can get higher than six feet off the floor, Chopper ... That's much better! That flew further than the Wright Brothers, I'm sure! Down comes Chopper. That was almost Trans-Atlantis!"
— Jonathan Pearce as Chopper is flipped

Chopper was pushed onto the Flame Pit by Shunt before finally being pitted by Shunt.

"Chopper, comes a cropper!"
Craig Charles after the battle

Results

CHOPPER - RESULTS
Extreme Series 2
New Blood Championship
Heat, Round 2
Heat C, Round 1 vs. ICU, Mad Dog Qualified
Heat C, Round 2 vs. Storm 2 Lost

Wins/Losses

  • Wins: 1
  • Losses: 1

Series Record

Main Series Chopper Series Record
The First Wars Did not enter
The Second Wars Did not enter
The Third Wars Did not enter
The Fourth Wars Did not enter
The Fifth Wars Did not enter
The Sixth Wars Failed to qualify
The Seventh Wars Did not enter
Series 8 Did not enter
Series 9 Did not enter
Series 10 Did not enter
Robot Wars Extreme Appearances
Series 1 Did not enter
Series 2 New Blood Championship, Round 2

Trivia

External Links