Greenwave vs. DeathDrum - Motorama Robot Conflict 2004

The only time at Motorama where Middleweights competed, and there was no disappointment! Greenwave's history of unpredictable weaponry showed in this fight in both ends as the blade slowly worked its way up to full speed on its own. The rest is shown as one of the most epic moments in NERC history!

Footage courtesy of Marc Devidts

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• robot
• combat
• greenwave
• death drum
• battlebots
• motorama
• NERC

[Omnigeek6]

How the hell did that death trap pass safety inspection, and how the hell was it not immediately disqualified when its weapon started spinning up without any input from the driver? To make matters worse, that particular robot is designed in a way that make it impossible to deactivate it without putting your hand in the path of the blade!

Oh yeah, and I'm suspicious that an arena designed for featherweights could have withstood a hit from a middleweight.

What a disgrace.

[TehDeXXX]

@Omnigeek6

While I respect your opinions, let me clarify everything you've stated. I attended this event, and have been active for 10 years:

-Inspection: While I directly did not watch Greenwave get inspected, I can assure you it passed the requirements to "fail safe". With that being said, this isn't the first time it's contactors failed (See Robot Assault 2003). Was Paul's bot dangerous? You bet.

This is why you lock the weapon first before deactivation. His bot changed a few rules.

[TehDeXXX]

@Omnigeek6

Why was it not DQed? Actually, it was. GW failed to start at standstill. Since the bot was locked on, and they didn't feel like waiting for the batteries to die, they agreed to fight for fun. Starting with weapons at full speed. Fair compromise, made the crowd happy.

The arena that you criticize for being designed for 30lbers actually was designed for 120lbers. Moto 2004 was a unique year as we had Team Toad's arena on loan after the Robot Club & Grille shut down for business. Con't

[TehDeXXX]

@Omnigeek

So we brought his 24' arena in that year to run 120lbers. That arena safely contained an out of control 220lb (Tornado Mer, another bar spinner) 2 years previous. Proper lexan thicknesses used. The current NERC arena is only meant to contain 30lbers, which is where your confusion lies.

That other bot that failed in that same arena was also an overhead spinner. Name one that you feel you can safely be out of the path of the blade to lock it :)

[TehDeXXX]

@Omnigeek6

@Omnigeek6

Please tell me why again this is a disgrace? We had the chance to run 120lbers for an event in a SAFE environment, and this fight was contained SAFELY. Heck, here's the link to the specs on that arena used for this event: lazytoad.com/rc/arena.html

[UBConquered]

Holy crap, they put an Etek on a middleweight

[MultiSexygirl1995]

DAME!!!! :) :P

[Mcleary316]

Holy Crap! hahahahahaha

[stangshcky12]

starts at about 2:50