Category:Rear Hinged Flippers

In arenas where it's possible to win by throwing an opponent out of the arena, a monster flipper is a viable design choice Rear-hinged flippers were the more common of the two types of true flipper. They first came into existence when Chaos 2 stormed through Series 3 of the real Robot Wars, becoming Grand Champion. Before that all rear-hinged weapons, limited as they were, were lifters. The other innovator, although not as successful in Robot Wars, was Facet. Their is currently a Paperweight of Facet.

As the series progressed, flippers became more powerful, easily able to toss house robots over and throw other competitors out of the arena. The most notable robot with a rear-hinged flipper is Chaos 2, also the first robot to throw out of the arena, but as the series progressed, other, more powerful robots such as Gravity and Dantomkia also came into the spotlight.

Definition

 * Flippers aim to propel another robot and allow gravity and torque to flip the robot over. This contrasts lifting weapons, which aim to lift, push and tip a robot over.
 * A true flipper is defined as a flipper designed to get the entire mechanism underneath its opponent. The surface area of the flipper is much bigger than that of a flipping arm.
 * The weapon is considered rear-hinged because the hinges are at the top of the robot (usually top of a wedge). When the robot fires its flipper, it gives the impression that a robot is opening its "mouth."