Slammer VI
TITLES

11th Seeds, RW Grand Prix
Pussycat Tribute Tournement 2: Best Design
Pussycat Tribute Tournement 2: Best Design - Peoples Choice
Pussycat Tribute Tournament 3--29th Seeds
From 72 to 1, Winner of Heat C (Semi Finalist)
From 72 to 1,Grand Finalist
AJWars Series 3, Winner of Heat C
From 72 to 1, 4th Place
From 96 to 1: 4th Seed
The Vapourbot Awards 2003: Best Front Hinged Flipper
AJWars Series 3: 5th Place
AJWars Series 4: 4th Seed
Panic Attack Tournament 3: Winner of Heat B
AJWars Series 5: 4th Seed
Survivor of 'Get the Disc' Battle
=17th Greatest Vapourbot (The Big Vapourbot Awards)
20th Most Feared Vapourbot (As Voted for in the Wars of Fury)
Pussycat Tribute Tournament 4, Unofficial 26th Rank (before tournament)
Fowler Fic War Series 3: 31st Seed
Best Interchangable Weapons Robot, Fight Against Robots 8
Official Vapourboteer 2004: Joint Best Interchangeable Weapon Machine
Pussycat Tribute Tournament 5: 31st Seed
Fowler Fic War, Series 5, 23rd Seed,
Official Vapourbot Awards 2006, Best Interchangeable weapon (joint)
Official Vapourbot Award 2006, Most Overated Bot
Official Vapourbot Award 2008, Best Render
Official Vapourbot Award 2010, Best Interchangeable Robot

STATS

Weight: 100kg
Shape: See the image: it is invertible, wedged at the front while primarily functioning as an axlebot. The slot in the front plate is where the different weapon setups are mounted.
Wheels: The two large wheels at the back, which run on separate systems and have all their electronics inside them. They are made of 7mm hardox and are essentially mounted over the chassis - the end hubs being static while the wheel only effectively the part with the (8mm) tyre rubber on it, thus ensuring that the wheels effectively can't be taken off by force. The wheels are heavily internally shockproofed to protect the motors.
Motors: 2x S28-400 Magmotors at 24v
Speed: 14mph
Turning circle: 0m
Armour: The main bulk of the machine is one piece of pressed 7mm hardox forming the front and side panels, and additionally a secondary 5mm hardox rear hub section houses most of the electronics, essentially being a wide tube with the housings in it. The details of the wheels and front wedge are covered in wheels and weapons respectively. There are various struts supporting the two sides, for the most part these beign stainless steel. The primary ones are however mounted from the inside of the wheel guard extension - the big 8mm hardox plate infront of the wheel infact being one continuous plate that goes the whole way through the robot (though the centre section had sections cut into it so it is more strips. The plate is attached through both welds and brackets, and support front the diangonal struts which support it, which are themselves made of hardox rods with a further 8mm hardox holding them together. Behind the wedge there is a horizontal 3mm hardox plate which is attached into the chassis on both sides and structurally acts as a third face of the wedge (as wheel as being hwere the weapon mechanisms for both jaws and dic are mounted) and has struts coming off into to the wedge to break the streucture into traingles more for additonal strength.
Ground clearance: As an axle-bot it varies, but is easy enough to get under. By nature slammer is also both invertible and able to self right.
Weapons: Both on top and underneath there is a flipper plate powered by linear actuators, the plates function to flip the entire robot over its own axle from either way up. They are made of titanium and have a 6mm polycarbonate plate over the end section to give a more even 'foot' and a little less friction so it can be fired more easily while on the move. This functions to involve the secondary weapon for the primary mode of attack.

The front plate is part of the side chassis that had been pressed into shape (comprising the front and two side panels and given titanium angles on the inside bolted in to reinforce, it goes down to a sharp edge to get under opponents to allow it to flip them over using the two flippers which produce an effect on slammer similar to a less potent wheely big cheese. However, there is a central slot in the wedge which three weapon setups can be mounted:

1) The Claw - Essentially a gripping claw, this weapon is retracted inside the wedge to allow it go get firmer grips on a foe than previously then comes out when slammer is under an opponent. It has two textured rubber 'finger-tips' to help grasp an opponent. This is also powered by linear actuators to provide the push. Once a foe is within the grip the two flipper beneath can fire backwards and forward to preform the namesake 'slams' and essentially thrash an opponent into submission. Also considering at this point the opponent won't have traction due to being held offground it can also be used to throw opponents out of the ring.

2) The Armour - A single solid piece of additional 8mm hardox plating to face big spinners - it is essentially a mask for the front of slammer, havign a 'tail' which goes through the front panel which is then secured using hardox robs which stick through the tail, and then have bolts screwed into the back of them and the 'tail' to hold then securely. Additionally the plate wraps round the side and is further secured by 18 additional bolts (nine in two rows) per side into the side plates to further stabilitise it.

3) The Disc - For certain opponents, a 10kg vertical flywheel with two teeth spinning at 1000rpm for fighting more lightly armoured foes. This weapon is mostly unchanged from previous incarnations.

Strengths: Tough, very manouverable and self flipping can make it able to escape being wedged against things and beign gripped or pushed.
Weaknesses: Comparativly weak pushing power.