C MBAT ZONE’S
GREATEST HITS
● by Kevin Berry
Last month’s debut of this new feature generated a lot of buzz
— or should we say crash! I’ve
chosen this month’s selection of
gourmet damage based on the
order I received it (until I ran out of
space).
Tim Bouwens of the
Netherlands, builder of VDF of
Team Think Tank and Pookie of
Team Wazio, describes this fight: It
was the third round fight of the
18th AWS (Antweight World
Series), with multibot EPZ (Eky
Pekang & Zupeng) vs. DBA. At the
time, DBA was one of the best
antweight spinners in Europe and
the fight against the multibot was
one of the most destructive and
hilarious. The fight started with a
couple of big hits, sending the
individual multibot against the roof
of the arena. After the Lithium
battery of Z was ejected out of the
robot after another big hit, the fight
was stopped and the battery
removed. EP then faced DBA alone
in a funny cat and mouse game
around the remains of Z. Finally,
DBA won by knocking EP out of the
arena (a way to win in the European
competition). The bots were built
according to the AWS rules at
www.antweight.co.uk/
rules.htm.
EPZ After.
Warpig.
HazMat.
top of the wedge, and hit my
aluminum servo cover. Gyrobot’s
massive blade ripped the whole back
off the servo and hit my robot’s arm.
It chewed up the arm pretty bad,
shearing a couple of bolts and
bending it. Surprisingly, the servo
still worked! I won the match and
battled to third place out of 17
robots.
Eric Mueller, in response to a
plea for Big Bot Hits, sent this in.
“Here’s what Super Megabyte did to
my LW HazMat in the SHW rumble
at the NPC Open. Oddly enough,
nothing but the “mondo” power
switch broke. I took the front plate
off for inspection, but wasn’t a
result of the hit.”
Billy Moon — in the true spirit of
a “Greatest Hit” — shows what it’s
like to be on the receiving end of a
hit from the legendary Ziggy. This is
his bot Starhawk getting some
serious air time.
Before and after photos, brief
descriptions of the fight, and
builder’s name can be submitted
to me at LegendaryRobotics@
gmail.com. Or, if you have an action
shot that clearly shows what’s going
on, those are welcome too! These
don’t have to be current. You can
submit anything clear back to the
good old days, when bots were
made out of wood. Anything legal
is fair game. SV
Starhawk
airborne.
34 SERVO 05.2010
