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HypnoDisc

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Spin to Win! (Robot Wars)

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Falconclaw Warrior

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Length

27.76 m

Wingspan

16.35 m

Weight

6082.57 kg

Genetics

White
Crystal

Grey
Hypnotic

Coal
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Hatchday

Jan 09, 2022
(3 years)

Breed

Adult
Imperial

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Ice
Swirl

Level 1 Imperial

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Biography

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Bought for 50g, the third of my series of 'Sky's fave robots from a no longer running and semi obscure British TV show where robots fight each other'. This one was Dad's fave. Hypno-Disc was an early pioneer for high damage dealing spinners since it was the first to enter with a horizontal flywheel design. It took a while for the thing to perfect self-righting though haha, since the mechanism for it was a lil slow.

I picked Imp cos she in a circle :D The Hypno-Disc team's motto was "Spin to Win", a motto soon adopted by other roboteers and referenced by Robot Wars and Battlebots personalities.

“We did not want to meet Hypno-Disc...This machine was stunning for the amount of damage it dished out. The pits were very quiet when it was on.”
― Peter Kinsey of the Bodmin Community College team

Hypno-Disc
Hypno-Disc (sometimes spelled Hypnodisc or Hypno Disc) was a competitor robot that entered the British TV show Robot Wars. One of the most famous and destructive robots in the history of UK combat robotics, Hypno-Disc fought in Series 3-6 of Robot Wars as well as both series of Robot Wars Extreme.

Participation Information
UK Series: 3-6, Extreme 1-2

Team Information
Team: Team Hypno-Disc
Team Members: Dave Rose, Derek Rose, Ken Rose
From: Middleton Cheney, Banbury, Oxfordshire

Robot Statistics (As of Most Recent Appearance)
Weight: 100kg
Dimensions: 0.47m x 1.22m x 0.74m
Clearance: 0.025m
Top Speed: 10mph
Power: 2 x 750W electric motors, Custom 280:1 reduction gear box SRM

Weapon: 20kg Horizontal Two-Toothed Flywheel spinning @ 900rpm (partially hollow)
Armour: 10mm Aluminium checker-plate chassis, Titanium wheel shafts, Radio control interface, 7mm high-grade aluminium cover (on flywheel)
Strengths: Powerful Weaponry
Weaknesses: Low Pushing Power, Vulnerable Wheels

EXTRA INFO:
Hypno-Disc enjoyed high levels of success throughout the show, including a perfect record of series Semi-Finals, three consecutive Grand Final appearances (Series 3-5), and finishing runner-up in its debut series. However, despite its consistently strong UK Championship performances and a collective tally of 22 combat victories, Hypno-Disc never won a robot combat tournament.

Hypno-Disc was famously known and feared for its trademark horizontal flywheel, a weapon it pioneered and used to great effect. Its battles against Robogeddon, Stealth, V-Max, Splinter, and Bigger Brother are commonly cited as examples of its destructive power, which was unprecedented for its time in the UK. Hypno-Disc received the 'Most Original Entry' award in Series 3 in recognition of the flywheel design, and like other pioneers Razer, Chaos 2 and Cassius, provided inspiration for several other designs featuring this type of weapon.

In general, all versions of Hypno-Disc shared the same basic design: a four-wheeled, low rectangular shaped robot with aluminium checker-plate armour and a large front-mounted horizontal flywheel with a black and grey 'hypnotic spiral' pattern that inspired its name. This flywheel was the first of its kind to appear in the UK series of Robot Wars, and was capable of causing severe damage to other robots' armour, electronics and wheels, sometimes ripping them off completely. Because of the flywheel's destructive potential, Hypno-Disc was quickly dubbed "the most destructive robot in Robot Wars" in Series 3. Hypno-Disc only had to go through the auditions for Series 3, as it was seeded in all three of the other main series it competed in, which guaranteed automatic qualification. Although Hypno-Disc did not have to go through the Series 4 qualifiers, it did appear at the Robot Mayhem event, where it did a demonstration in the arena, and was also on static display. Its rear spikes were not added until after Robot Mayhem.

In 2016, Dave Rose appeared on BBC Radio Oxford to discuss Hypno-Disc with radio presenter Kat Ormand. He stated that the Hypno-Disc team were exploring the possibility of competing in Series 8 of Robot Wars, but warned that this might not be possible due to time constraints and other factors. Some roboteers have claimed that Hypno-Disc was at one stage listed among the competitors for Series 8, but this has not been confirmed, and Hypno-Disc ultimately did not compete, nor did it apply for Series 9-10.

TRIVIA:
- One of the Series 3 Hypno-Disc's wheels was sold on eBay on 1 February 2015 for £8.00.
- Of Hypno-Disc's 22 combat victories, only seven did not contain a robot with a flipper or lifter.
- Hypno-Disc fought eleven of the top 16 seeds of The Fourth Wars during its career (missing only Razer, Panic Attack, Gemini, Team Hurtz and Gravedigger). This is the most of any robot; Razer and Chaos 2 each fought nine of the top sixteen.
- In 2003, Hypno-Disc was inducted into The Combat Robot Hall of Fame as an inaugural member, in recognition of its innovative and influential design.
- Hypno-Disc is one of only eight robots which competed in more than one UK Championship and never failed to reach the Semi-Finals.
- Hypno-Disc was one of only three robots which reached the Grand Final three times, the others being Firestorm and Carbide.
- Like Firestorm, Hypno-Disc did not reach the Grand Final in its final appearance in the main competition, instead falling in the Semi-Finals.
- Hypno-Disc and Carbide are the only robots to reach three successive Grand Finals, with Hypno-Disc achieving this feat in Series 3-5.
- Along with Razer, Hypno-Disc was one of only two robots never to be seeded outside of the top 4.

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Hypno-Disc VS Splinter: Series 4 (Round 1: Semi-Final 2)

ORIGINAL LOOK: Crystal/Shimmer/Runes

COMPLETED: 9th of March 2022 (Swirl drop)

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