Typhoon (Series 3)

Not to be confused with the various machines from Team Typhoon.

Typhoon
Typhoon
Participation Information
UK Series	3-4 (Withdrew and failed to qualify)
Team Information
Team	Team Natural Disaster
Team Members	Dave Jones
Robot Statistics
Weapons	Lifting Pipes
Statistics correct as of its most recent show/competition appearance, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

Typhoon was a robot that attempted to enter Series 3 and Series 4 of Robot Wars. The robot had been built by roboteer Dave Jones. It was a box-shaped, four wheeled robot with a powerful lifter, similar to BattleBots legend Vlad The Impaler.

The team originally intended to enter Series 1, but the robot was not finished until the Series 3 qualifiers. Typhoon passed its audition, but the speed controller caught fire three days before the competition, forcing Typhoon to withdraw.

"It was started with series one I mind, but by the time anyone picked up a saw it was series three that was the aim, and not only did it get built in time, but it passed the audition too!"

— Dave Jones on Typhoon's construction

The team subsequently tried to qualify for Series 4. Unfortunately, the speed controller malfunctioned again, leaving it unable to enter the Fourth Wars. It is currently unknown which robot Typhoon lost to in the qualifiers.

"Reliability of the speed controller was again the downfall, and thus caused our defeat in the auditions. Mind you in one of the fights we managed to get so well tangled up with another robot it took five men to separate the two with crowbars!"

— Dave Jones on Typhoon's performance at the Series 4 qualifiers

The robot, and Dave Jones, did not return for any future series, but the team continued to fight at live events.

"Series five is being ignored due to principles I have. To be honest the TV show has lost all its appeal for me, and Typhoon is going to be completed and strengthened purely for live events, where the constrictions are far less suffocating."

— Dave Jones on retiring from Robot Wars

Series Record

Typhoon without its shell at Wilson School Fete 1999

• Series 1-2: Did not enter
• Series 3: Withdrew
• Series 4: Failed to qualify
• Series 5-7: Did not enter

Trivia

• Typhoon was sponsored by Lionhead Studios, the makers of the game Black & White.

Outside Robot Wars

The team also entered Techno Games with a swimming robot named Flowerbot.

"Well, the technical consultant for Techno Games 2000 came to my school at the time to ask if we could help. He asked us if we could build a swimming robot in 3 days, but not to take it to seriously (let’s face it Team ND winning something could cause a major disaster as the shock spread throughout the land). So how do we build a swimming robot that cannot use any boat parts? Well, you take three flowerpots, add two twelve volt batteries, a bundle of R/C gear pinched off Typhoon, and two Ford sierra windscreen wiper motors, then combine with Foamex and go on national television to await humiliation."

— Dave Jones on entering Techno Games

External Links

Team Website (captured pages collection) [1]