Tornado
From Combat Robot
Tornado was a competitor on the UK TV series Robot Wars, noteworthy as the champion of the sixth series.
Tornado was built by Andrew Marchant, Bryan Moss and David Gamble, from Huntingdon.
The robot
The robot was a basic box-shaped robot with a red frame and clear polycarbonate armor. The robot only had a pneumatic spike in Series 4, but was given a vertical spinning disc in Series 5. In Series 6, it had interchangeable weaponry - the disc, a wedge, a static spike, and a rectangular frame with horizontal blade (intended for use against arch-competitor Razer.
Rather than its weaponry, however, Tornado mainly relied on its speed and strength to push competitors into the pit or slam them into the arena walls. It featured 24V motors being run at 36V to give it high pushing power - its top speed was only 10mph, but it had very good acceleration. Tornado was also invertible, allowing it to continue running even when flipped.
Toys
In the past, Tornado has had a minibot, pullback, and remote controlled toy. The minibot and RCT had the flywheel and perfect painting. The RCT also had a removeable rear panel, where a button is enclosed. If the button is pressed, th robot stops. It represents the safety link. The pullback had interchangeable Scoop or Disk.
