Tornado's interchangeable weaponry

[bad_seed]

I remember the Tornado team in the Series 6 Final, when asked about their interchangeable said that we hadnt seen number 4 yet (Which turned out to be the anti-Razer cage) Ive only counted 3 so far:

1)Normal configuration with spinning drum
2)Plough with flail
3)Anti-Razer frame

My question is, which one am I missing?

[RogueTwoRobots]

Tornados interchangeable weaponry

If I remember rightly, they had a static spike that fixed on to the front of the bot. The only time I can recall seeing it was in a fight against Anarchy, where they hoped it would crack the polycarb protecting Anarchys legs

[steven_mcg]

Tornados interchangeable weaponry

Didnt they have a large static spike in their fight with Anarchy?

EDIT: Never mind.

(Message edited by Steven_McG on June 10, 2006)

[RogueTwoRobots]

Tornados interchangeable weaponry

Lol, talk about simultaneous posting eh?

[mikeyg]

Tornados interchangeable weaponry

They had some kind of shock mounted anti- Hypnodisk frame, but they werent allowed to compete with it.

Nice bot, shame its been retired.

[bad_seed]

Tornados interchangeable weaponry

What does shock-mounted mean?

[mikeyg]

Tornados interchangeable weaponry

Well this is quite a crude defintion, but I believe rubber or springs of some kind were involved, to help absorb impacts.

[martyn]

Tornados interchangeable weaponry

For series 7 they turned the anti razer device into a vertical bar aparntley

[armadrillo]

Tornados interchangeable weaponry

Didnt they have 2 scoops. One with the flail and one without?

[martyn]

Tornados interchangeable weaponry

For series 7 they had the scoop with flail, the scoop/wedge with the lifter, the drum and the vertical bar which we didnt see. In series 6 they had a spike, the drum, the scoop and anti razer thingy!

[bad_seed]

Tornados interchangeable weaponry

I do remember hearing of an anti-axe device, which the team clamied they werent allowed to use. Thats the vertical bar, isnt it? Wouldnt the anit-razer cage work much better, though? Axes have just as far a reaach as crushers, and from what you describe, the bar sounds like it would limit their invertibility

[storm]

Tornados interchangeable weaponry

Nope, Anti-Axe device was a frame shock mounted on go-kart tyres so an axe would never reach the robot.

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[bad_seed]

Tornados interchangeable weaponry

Ah, I see. Its not exactly the same concept as their Anti-Razer cage, which is what I was imagining. I thought that all their anti weapons would actually prevent the opponent from hitting, not just absorb blows better. From what you describe, Tornado would still be suceptible to spiked axes (Dominator and X-Terminator 1), where the innards would be protected, but thered be nothing stopping them from punching holes in the armour.