Chaos 2

Chaos 2

Chaos 2 with a chain holding down its flipper so that it is safe between fights.
Statistics
Height	0.42 m (1.4 ft)
Width	0.63 m (2.1 ft)
Depth	0.92 m (3.0 ft)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Weight class	Heavyweight
Primary weapon	Flipper
Maximum speed	12 mph (19 km/h)
Turning circle	0 m (0 ft)
Ground clearance	70 mm (2.8 in)
Power source	2 × 1kW motors
Team
Team name	Team Chaos
Team members	George Francis Ian Swann Richard Swann
Location	Ipswich
Country of origin	United Kingdom

Chaos 2 is a combat robot from the UK Television Series Robot Wars, designed and built by self-employed mechanic George Francis, from Ipswich, and operated by Team Chaos. Twice winner of the UK Robot Wars Championship and the only robot with that distinction, it was the first robot to use its flipper to throw its opponents out of the arena altogether. This machine was also the first to defeat Hypno-Disc in Series 3. Its flipper is considered to be the most powerful in Robot Wars, although it is not as powerful as the catapult-style flipper of Wheely Big Cheese. However, its weapon is superior in terms of efficiency, but has a limited supply of CO₂, which provides the power for the weapon. The robot has been reincarnated several times over the years, previously appearing as Robot The Bruce and Chaos. Its flipper was also used as a self-righting mechanism when the robot was inverted, flipping the entire robot over in a half-somersault so it could continue fighting.

Chaos 2 is an inaugural member of the Combat Robot Hall of Fame. It also has its own pullback toy, pullback minibot and DVD.

Statistics

Weight:	84 kg (during its last appearance in Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2)
Dimensions:	38 cm × 92 cm × 72 cm
Clearance:	7 cm
Power:	electric motors
Weapons:	powerful pneumatic CO2 powered flipper

Battle summary

Series 3

UK Championship

Round	Opponent	Result	Notes
Round 1	Crocodilitron	won by knockout
Round 2	Sonic	won by knockout
Round 3	The Big Cheese	won by knockout	The first time Chaos 2 used their srimech mechanism. The Big Cheese caused heavy damage to Sergeant Bash at the end.
Round 4	Trident	won by knockout
Round 5	Mace II	won by knockout	This was seen as a spot of revenge from George Francis, after the original Mace robot knocked out Chaos, his previous machine, in the Second wars.
Round 6	Firestorm	won by knockout	First time a robot is flipped out of the arena
Grand Final	Hypno-Disc	won by knockout	Also flipped Matilda onto her side (as well as making its armour fall off) and flipped over Shunt, knocking off its exhaust stack and its top bodyshell

First World Championship

Chaos 2 represented England in this competition.

Round	Opponent	Result	Notes
Round 1	Killerhurtz (Czech Republic)	won by knockout	Despite being boxed into the CPZ and having its gas canister burst by Shunt
Round 2	Razer (England)	lost by knockout	Reversed into pit after CO2 canister was burst

Series 4

UK Championship

Round	Opponent	Result	Notes
Round 1	Atomic vs. Indefatigable	Qualified by knockout	Flips Indefatigable out of arena
Round 2	Medusa 2000	Won by knockout	Very nearly flipped Medusa 2000 out of the arena twice. Medusa 2000 also showed poor control by backing into the claw of SGT Bash and having one of its back wheels crushed.
Round 3	Atomic	Won by knockout
Round 4	Steg 2	Won by knockout
Round 5	Tornado	won by knockout	Tornado flipped out of the arena after about half a minute.
Round 6	Stinger	Won by judges' decision by 1 point	Chaos 2's first judge's decision. Stinger and Chaos 2 were even on damage, style and aggression, but Chaos 2 won on control.
Grand Final	Pussycat	Won by judges' decision	Impressed the judges by throwing Pussycat several feet in the air, but slowed down a little and lost some of its power in its weapon somewhat after having a piece of polycarbonate sliced off the back of it. They came back though, nearly flipping Pussycat out of the arena, and pushing them into Shunt, who, oddly, missed with the axe.

Chaos 2 won the UK championship for the second consecutive time.

Northern Annihilator

Round	Opponent	Result	Notes
Round 1	Spikasaurus vs. Stinger vs. Killerhurtz vs. Dominator 2 vs. Suicidal Tendencies	Eliminated by knockout	Ganged up on by other robots. They very nearly knocked out Killerhurtz. The axes of Dominator 2 and Killerhurtz came crashing down on the bodyshell and flipper of Chaos 2, and the heavy swinging mace of Stinger caused the top of the flipper to completely cave in. Chaos 2 were immobilised from then on.

Robot Wars Extreme - Series 1

Round	Opponent	Result	Notes
International Melee	Alien Destructor vs. Philliper	Won by knocking out Philliper and beating Alien Destructor on a judges' decision
Flipper Frenzy	Thermidor 2 vs. Wheely Big Cheese vs. Bigger Brother	lost by knockout	Was immobilised, although the competing robots, rather than fighting each other, chose to gang up on the house robots
Challenge Belt	Tornado	lost by knockout

All Stars Championship

Round	Opponent	Result	Notes
Round 1	X-Terminator	won by knockout
Round 2	Wheely Big Cheese	won by judges' decision
Round 3	Tornado	lost by judges' decision

Second World Championship

Chaos 2 represented the UK in this competition.

Round	Opponent	Result	Notes
Round 1	Manta (USA) vs. Mastiff (Italy) vs. Ansgar (Germany)	lost by knockout	Spectacularly drove itself into the pit while flipping one of the robots

Series 5

UK Championship

Round	Opponent	Result	Notes
Round 1	Storm Force	won by knockout
Round 2	The Steel Avenger	won by knockout	Flips The Steel Avenger out of the arena. Was later presented by the sets technical crew with a broken light "in memory of all the lights you've busted" by flipping robots out of the arena.
Round 3	S.M.I.D.S.Y.	won by knockout	1st Match: Both Robots immobilised, the judges instantly call for a rematch. Rematch: won by knockout, flips SMIDSY out of arena
Round 4	Wild Thing	won by judges' decision	Chaos 2 leaned into pit, setting off the smoke but doesn't fall in, it is thought to be the closest fight ever
Round 5	Bigger Brother	lost by knockout	Chaos 2 thought to have run out of CO2, first loss in the UK championship

Series 6

UK Championship

Round	Opponent	Result	Notes
Round 1	Destructosaur vs. Mighty Mouse vs. Iron-Awe 2	qualified by knockout	flips Iron Awe out of arena.
Round 2	Crushtacean	won by knockout
Round 3	Dantomkia	lost by knockout	first time Chaos 2 has been flipped out of the arena

Robot Wars Extreme - Series 2

All Stars Championship

Round	Opponent	Result	Notes
Round 1	Razer vs. 13 Black	eliminated by knockout	Following a large hit on the chassis by 13 Black,[1] smashing the flipper, Chaos 2 was rendered unrepairable for the rest of Extreme II

This was its final fight. However, after this loss, it received a massive overhaul to bring it back to working order. It no longer fights, but it still appears as a display robot at some Charity Events.

References

1. Robot Wars Extreme Series 2:All Stars Heat 2

External links

(None known)