Spinnerproof

8: Flames, Drones, and Minibots


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  • Followup
    • Reddit thread
      • Spinner design & materials
        • Tombstone’s weapon bars
        • Pros & cons of AluminIum
        • Money
          • Prize money
          • Robots part 1
            • Bronco
              • ALL OF THE WHEELS
              • How on Earth is Minotaur pronounced?
              • Taking two robots
              • Fights: vs Blacksmith, vs Chromefly, vs Razorback, vs Minotaur: NONE OF THE WHEELS
              • Blacksmith
                • Thatsagoodlookingbot.jpeg
                • Fights: vs Bronco, vs Minotaur
                • Chromefly
                  • Weapons mounted directly to motor output shafts?
                  • Fights: vs Bucktooth Burl, vs Bronco
                  • Bucktooth Burl
                    • Drum design
                    • Compactness
                    • Fancy tyres
                    • ‘Fights’: vs Chromefly
                    • Razorback
                      • Fights: vs Sawblaze, vs Ghost Raptor, vs Bronco
                      • Sawblaze
                        • The different discs
                        • Welcome to Tangentville
                          • Skorpios
                          • ‘Scorpios robot’
                          • Scorpion
                          • Fights: vs Razorback
                          • Son of Whyachi
                            • [Old walker rules] (http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Walkerbots#Definition)
                              • Season 3.0 SOW
                              • Drillzilla
                              • Team Whyachi’s robots
                              • Fights: vs Ghost Raptor, vs Poison Arrow
                              • Ghost Raptor
                                • Sam is annoyed by more welding
                                • 2015 Ghost Raptor’s shenanigans
                                • Ryan is annoyed that GR got a wildcard because its another spinner, goes on to suggest 2 spinners as better wildcards.
                                • Fights: vs Son of Wyachi, vs Razorback
                                • Flames, Drones, and Minibots
                                  • Drone piloting rules
                                    • Sam can’t tell the difference between Poison Arrow and Hypershock
                                    • Nuisance minibots
                                    • #BringBackBash
                                    • Robots part 2
                                      • Minotaur
                                        • ‘Standard drum spinner’
                                        • Waxing lyrical in a way not conducive to detailed shownote making
                                        • Fights: vs Photon Storm, vs Blacksmith, vs Warhead, vs Bronco, vs Bombshell: RIP
                                        • Photon Storm
                                          • Live tour record
                                          • Fights: vs Minotaur
                                          • Complete Control
                                            • Grabber + fire = fun
                                            • The blowtorch
                                            • Preserving your ‘brand’
                                              • Sam still can’t tell the difference between Poison Arrow and Hypershock
                                              • Fights: vs Bombshell, vs Warhead
                                              • Bombshell
                                                • Modular weaponry
                                                  • Horizontal spinner
                                                  • Vertical spinner
                                                  • Axe
                                                  • Lifter
                                                  • Gigantic team
                                                  • Ryan really doesn’t like Swiss Army Bots
                                                  • Fights: vs Complete Control, vs Cobalt, vs Red Devil (USA only), vs Poison Arrow, vs Minotaur, vs Tombstone: grand final, low quality
                                                  • Warhead
                                                    • That new grabber head thing
                                                    • Sam likes a robot which ‘cannot win’
                                                    • Tornado ‘cheat’ their way to the series 6 title
                                                      • Tornado’s arsenal of ‘weapons’
                                                      • Fights: vs Obwalden Overlord: UK low quality or USA high quality, vs Complete Control, vs Minotaur
                                                      • Obwalden Overlord
                                                        • Controls in action
                                                        • Mark Setrakian’s ‘Snake’
                                                        • Behemoth & Gravity vs Cassius Chrome, Mr Psycho & Growler
                                                        • Fights: vs Warhead: UK low quality or USA high quality
                                                        • Armchair Engineering: Alternative flipper systems
                                                          • Garfie489’s comments
                                                          • Onboard compressors?
                                                            • Armakillo
                                                            • Linear Induction Motor?
                                                              • Hyperloop
                                                              • Electric motors?
                                                              • Flywheel power?
                                                              • Springs?
                                                              • ...more
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                                                                SpinnerproofBy Sam Hutchins and Ryan Bratley

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