Heat I of the 2011 Heavyweight UK Championships was the ninth heat of the 2011 UK Championships held from the 23rd-24th April at the Premiere Piazza Event Space at the O2 Arena in London. The four competing robots fought it out in a four-way melee. The winner would go through, and the robot that came second would go into the loser's melees.
Competing Robots[]
The four robots competed in the heat
| Big Nipper (Seeded 9th) |
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| Weight: 100kg |
| Cost: £3000 |
| Top Speed: 15mph |
| Armour: High Grade Titanium |
| Motors: 5.5hp Magmotors for drive and 1hp motor for weapon |
| Batteries: 3 x 36v Nicads |
| Weapons: Ramming, Lifting & Crushing Weapon |
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Team Members: Mark Lumb, Graeme Daweson & Glyn Daweson From: Nelson |
| St Hammer |
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| Weight: 100kg |
| Cost: £1000 |
| Top Speed: 11mph |
| Armour: ARM steel, 20mm UHMWPE and 10mm Conveyor Belt |
| Motors: Bosch 750w |
| Batteries: 2 x Haze 12v 18mA SLA's |
| Weapons: Sword, Sledgehammer, Pickaxe, Big Mallet |
| Other: It can escape from the pit! |
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Team Members: David Weston From: Oxfordshire |
The Fight[]
Before the fight it was revealed that due to technical issues, Gravity 5.1 had to pull out leaving the other three to fight in a three-way melee instead.
The fight started as both Big Nipper and Toxic 2 hit St Hammer who bounced away. St Hammer started spinning around to defend itself from Toxic 2. It worked so Toxic 2 left it alone and attacked Big Nipper only to come back on St Hammer again and this time threw it out of the arena. The two remaining robots circled around each other trying to get underneath the other. Big Nipper managed to lift Toxic 2 twice, but Toxic 2 got off its claws and retaliated flipping it against the arena wall where it got off only to be flipped into the ropes of the arena again, thanks to another powerful flip by Toxic 2. Big Nipper then got its claws underneath Toxic 2 and flipped it on its side near the arena wall, but the yellow wedge-shaped robot self-righted. Big Nipper flipped Toxic 2 again, but Toxic 2 self-righted and fought back flipping Big Nipper 5 times around the arena. The fight went to a judges decision and the judge went in favour of Toxic 2.
Heat I Winner : Toxic 2