Hypno-Disc

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A contestant entry in Robot Wars, Hypno-Disc was one of the first robots to use the kinetic flywheel weapon - a highly damaging weapon that succeeded in heavily damaging and destroying a great many robots. Hypno-Disc's design, however, was somewhat basic, and its high ground clearance made it an easy target for robots armed with flipping weapons, such as Chaos 2.

Hypno-Disc was the creation of the Rose family — twin brothers Derek and David, and their father Ken.

Hypno-Disc was the first competitor robot recreated in toy form when the Robot Wars pullback toys were released.

Contents 1 Battle Summary 1.1 Series 3 1.2 Series 4 1.3 Robot Wars Extreme - Series 1 1.4 Series 5 1.5 Series 6 1.6 Robot Wars Extreme - Series 2 2 Noteworthy Battles 2.1 vs. Robogeddon. 2.2 vs. Stealth 2.3 vs. 101 2.4 vs. Chaos 2 2.5 vs. Raizer Blade vs. The Predator 2.6 vs. V-Max 2.7 vs. Raizer Blade 2.8 vs. Splinter 2.9 vs. Dominator 2 3 External links

[edit] Battle Summary

[edit] Series 3

UK Championship

Round 1 vs. Robogeddon - Won

Round 2 vs. Stealth - Won

Round 3 vs. Berserk 2 - Won [1]

Round 4 vs Evil Weevil - Won

Round 5 vs. 101 - Won [2]

Round 6 vs. Steg-O-Saw-Us - Won

Round 7 vs. Chaos 2 - Lost [3]

[edit] Series 4

UK Championship

Round 1 vs. Raizer Blade vs. The Predator - Qualified

Round 2 vs. V-Max - Won

Round 3 vs. Raizer Blade - Won [4]

Round 4 vs. Splinter - Won

Round 5 vs. Wild Thing - Won [5]

Round 6 vs. Pussycat - Lost [6]

[edit] Robot Wars Extreme - Series 1

Mayhem vs. Wheely Big Cheese vs. Ming 3 - Won [7]

UK vs. Germany Battle vs. Nasty Warrior (Germany) - Lost [8]

All Stars Championship

Round 1 vs. Behemoth - Lost [9]

The First Annihilator

Round 1 vs. Thermidor 2 vs. X-Terminator vs. Splinter vs. Pussycat vs. Arnold, Arnold Terminegger - Survived

Round 2 vs. X-Terminator vs. Splinter vs. Pussycat vs. Arnold, Arnold Terminegger - Survived

Round 3 vs. Splinter vs. Pussycat vs. Arnold, Arnold Terminegger - Eliminated [10]

[edit] Series 5

UK Championship

Round 1 vs. Black Widow - Won

Round 2 vs. Atomic 2 - Won

Round 3 vs. Bulldog Breed 3 - Won [11]

Round 4 vs. FireStorm 3 - Won

Round 5 vs. Dominator 2 - Won [12]

Round 6 vs. Bigger Brother - Lost

3rd and 4th Place Playoff vs. FireStorm 3 - Lost [13]

[edit] Series 6

UK Championship

Round 1 vs. Granny's Revenge 2 vs. 4X4 vs. Barber-Ous 2 - Qualified

Round 2 vs. Bulldog Breed 3 - Won

Round 3 vs. Barber-ous 2 - Won

Round 4 vs. Tornado - Lost

Losers' Melee vs. Bigger Brother vs. Spawn Again - Lost [14]

[edit] Robot Wars Extreme - Series 2

All Stars Championship

Round 1 vs. Spawn Again vs. Dominator 2 - Eliminated [15]

Challenge Belt

Round 1 vs. Dantomkia vs. Sir Chromalot vs. S.M.I.D.S.Y. - Eliminated [16]

[edit] Noteworthy Battles

This is a list of battles that have been considered some of Hypno-Disc's most impressive and-or most interesting.

[edit] vs. Robogeddon.

Hypno-Disc's first battle. Robogeddon's armor weapon was disabled by Hypno-Disc's first hit, and its armor was then shredded and blown away. The damage wreaked by Hypno-Disc on Robogeddon was on a scale never before seen on Robot Wars -Robogeddon was all but utterly destroyed- and the audience reaction was massive.

[edit] vs. Stealth

Hypno-Disc's weapon blew the armor off the back, tore out the innards, and then destroyed the arm that lifted its flipper weapon. The fact that Stealth cost £20,000 to build was noted with irony as it was destroyed.

[edit] vs. 101

One of the closest battles Hypno-Disc ever fought, the judges needed to come out into the arena to examine the damage for themselves, a first in Robot Wars history at the time, before awarding victory to Hypno-Disc.

[edit] vs. Chaos 2

A quick battle which at one stage seemed like Chaos 2's weapon was immobile but ended in defeat for Hypno-Disc, who got flipped over, exhausted from its battle with Steg-O-Saw-Us.

[edit] vs. Raizer Blade vs. The Predator

Hypno-Disc literally blew the batteries out of The Predator, a lookalike of House Robot Sir Killalot, and caused damage to Razier Blade that they never recovered from.

[edit] vs. V-Max

Hypno-Disc blew the CO2 for the flipper out in its first heat, then collided with it again and destroyed the side panels and tore the batteries out. The House Robots pushed him onto the flipper and he was flipped.

[edit] vs. Raizer Blade

Raizer Blade was already half destroyed by Hypno-Disc in the first round. He circled around feebly until Hypno-Disc ripped off its side armour and Sir Killalot and the house robots pushed him over to the flipper and he was flipped, giving the last spot in the finals to Hypno-Disc.

[edit] vs. Splinter

Said by the Robot Wars Ultimite Guide (which went up to Series 5) to be the most violent battle ever, Splinter attempted to deflect the lethal flywheel weapon of Hypno-Disc with its scoop located on its front. Unfortunately, the flywheel simply tore it off and then proceeded to tear into the robot to destroy the inside of it.

[edit] vs. Dominator 2

Hypno-Disc hit Dominator 2 a few times to disable one of its wheels, and then backed off to avoid further damage. This was voted by the judges to be the single most boring fight ever to grace the series.

[edit] External links

• The Hypno-Disc team homepage
• Tornado vs. Hypno-Disc[17]
• Hypno-Disc vs. Atomic[18]
• Nasty Warrior vs. Hypno-Disc[19]
• Bigger Brother vs. Hypno-Disc[20]
• Hypno-Disc vs. Berserk 2[21]
• Robogeddon vs. Hypno-Disc[22]
• Hypno-Disc vs. Wild Thing[23]
• Splinter vs. Hypno-Disc[24]

Preceded by: Panic Attack

UK Robot Wars Best Newcomer (Series 3)

Succeeded by: Tornado