Little Fly was a competitor robot in Series 4 of Robot Wars. It was an aluminium grey box shaped robot with an orange lawnmower blade. The name originated from the team's horse.
The blade, although looking fragile, was capable of a fair amount of destruction - it could spin at 1000 RPM, but tended to jar if it struck metal. The robot also featured two lights - one to indicate that the weapon was armed and ready, the other a novelty spotlight, for creating "confusion".
- "The weapon's an agricultural lawnmower blade, giving the fly plenty of buzz."
- — Jonathan Pearce
It only appeared in the one series, reaching the heat final. It helped eliminate the 28th seed Weld-Dor, before defeating Tiberius to meet Mousetrap. Although Mousetrap was victorious, Little Fly did quite a bit of damage, which was evident in Mousetrap's next battle.
Robot History
Series 4
In the first battle, the robots danced around until Little Fly attacked Weld-Dor 2, and Sump Thing used its spike on Little Fly. Little Fly got part of its blade stuck on Weld-Dor 2, and Sump Thing hit it.
- "Again that blade seems to be stuck by Little Fly. Once it hits metal it seems to jar, then has a redundant spell."
- — Jonathan Pearce's observations
The melee continued, with Little Fly appearing very sluggish, coming to a complete halt on several occasions. However, Little Fly was saved when Sump Thing appeared to immobilize Weld-Dor 2, and Little Fly rammed into it to prove that it was still alive.
- "...Little Fly, he was doing us a lot of damage with his...spinning disc thing. I think he's done a majority of the damage there. He did remove one of my cables of our batteries, and that's what actually immobilised us."
- — Phelim Lundy's revelation after the battle
Next, Little Fly met Tiberius, who was favoured to win the heat since the demise of both seeds. Tiberius drove straight into Little Fly. It got under it many times, but could not use its crusher. It slammed Little Fly into Sergeant Bash, and pushed it across the arena. Refbot separated them, but Tiberius got stuck on the arena wall in forward drive. Little Fly was through to the heat final, against Mousetrap. Little Fly drove onto Mousetrap's wedge, scuffing the wedge itself, but Mousetrap swung its trap weapon, colliding with the weapon of Little Fly and sending sparks flying. Little Fly then drove aside and struck Mousetrap, sending a shard of metal flying.
- "Come into my parlour, said the mousetrap to the fly. Little Fly, not buying that."
- — Jonathan Pearce
Mousetrap took more damage from the blade, but pushed Little Fly around the arena with little effort, and Little Fly was unable to sever the spring for the trap mechanism. Mousetrap shoved Little Fly into Matilda's CPZ, and time ran out as Little Fly tried to escape Matilda. The judges decided that Little Fly hadn't done enough to reach the semi-finals.
- "I would've made it a draw, it was that close...Forgive the pun, but it was a gnat's breath away."
- — Craig Charles to Richard Woodward, and then his teammates
Results
| LITTLE FLY - RESULTS | ||
| Series 4 | ||
| The Fourth Wars - UK Championship Heat Final | ||
| Heat K, Eliminator | vs. Sump Thing, Weld-Dor 2 (28) | Qualified |
| Heat K, Semi-Final | vs. Tiberius | Won |
| Heat K, Final | vs. Mousetrap | Lost |
Wins/Losses
- Wins: 2
- Losses: 1
Series Record
- Series 1-3: Did not enter
- Series 4: Heat Final
- Series 5-7: Did not enter