Twister (Series 4)

This article is about Adam Clark's robot. For other uses, see Twister (disambiguation).

"...it was a direct copy of blendo with advice from that team."

— Adam Clark on Facebook

Twister was a robot built by Adam Clark to enter Robot Wars: The Fourth Wars. However, while intended to qualify for the series, it would not do so as Clark was unable to attend the corresponding Robot Mayhem live event, and would not be entered into any subsequent series.

Design[]

Twister17Rear — The rear of Twister, 2017

"Basically it was a 3ft ring fitted with an internal chain drive running off a vertical tecumseh with a go kart auto clutch. It had a fibreglass geodesic dome. It actually ran, was extremely loud and took a little while to get up to speed. But boy did it spin!"

— Adam Clark on Facebook

Twister was a dome shaped full-body spinner, based on American robot Blendo. It was powered by a Briggs and Stratton motor, and had a Go-Kart slip clutch.

Qualification[]

According to a Tinweb discussion board, Twister was initially set to compete at the 2 August 2000 Robot Mayhem shows, forming part of the Series 4 qualifiers. However, Adam Clark was not able to attend the event for unspecified reasons, preventing it from being able to qualify.^[1]

Series Record[]

Main Series	Bone Series Record
The First Wars	Entered with Vector of Armageddon
The Second Wars	Entered with Corporal Punishment
The Third Wars	Not selected with Bone Entered with Corporal Punishment
The Fourth Wars	Failed to qualify (Missed Qualifiers)
The Fifth Wars	Entered with Wowot
The Sixth Wars	Entered with 259
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	Entered with 259 (Middleweight)

NOTE: 259-Horizontal and The Skinner may have attempted to enter Series 7 and 9 respectively, but this is not confirmed

Trivia[]

The drive system of Twister was used for the middleweight version of 259. Adam Clark still has Twister, though its dome, motor mounts and gears have been lost.

References[]

↑ 'Robot Wars Discussion Board', Tinweb discussion forum on Robot Mayhem (archived)

External Links[]

The Unofficial Robot Wars group on Facebook, where Adam Clark posted the photo and information about Twister

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