Wheely Big Cheese
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| Wheely Big Cheese | |
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 Wheely Big Cheese | |
| Participation Information | |
| UK Series | 4-5, Extreme 1 |
| Team Information | |
| Team | Team Big Cheese |
| Team Members | Roger Plant John McGugan Paul Otten (Series 4) Murray Wharf (Series 5, Extreme 1) |
| Other Entries | The Mule (Series 2) The Big Cheese (Series 3) |
| Robot Statistics | |
| Weight | 99kg |
| Dimensions | 1.32m x 0.95m x 0.44m |
| Power | 2 x 24V Motors |
| Weapons | Titanium Flipper |
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Robot statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show | |
Wheely Big Cheese was a robot with what was described as the largest flipper ever seen in Robot Wars (the robot itself was over a meter long, and most of its body was the flipper). Its wheels were covered in tungsten golf shoe studs. Wheely Big Cheese competed in Series 4 and Series 5, reaching the semi-finals on both occasions. The team had previously competed with The Mule and The Big Cheese. They competed in Series 2 and 3 respectively, but both lost the Heat Final.
Wheely Big Cheese has been recorded as the most powerful flipper, capable of flipping up to 800kg. In perhaps its most famous battle in Series 5 with Axe Awe, Wheely Big Cheese threw Axe Awe through the air, over the arena wall and onto the ground from the middle of the arena. It was one of the few robots that had a flipper powerful enough to flip itself over on nearly every use, mainly because there wasn't anything behind the wheels. However its downfall was the titanium exposed wheels that were vulnerable to attack and often became dislodged or destroyed, leaving it unable to move.
After Roger Plant retired Wheely Big Cheese he gave it to Xbots who used it in various live events. When Xbots stopped as well, Wheely Big Cheese was retired completely. Two chassis' were made: one for Series 4, and one for Series 5 and Extreme 1. The original chassis was fixed up by Team Hydra, who are planning to bring it out of retirement and back to fighting form.
When fighting at Robot Tournaments around the UK, Wheely Big Cheese uses tyres instead of its trademark red spiked wheels.
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[edit] Robot History
[edit] Series 4
15th seed Wheely Big Cheese nearly lost the first round after failing to flip Sir Killalot, and being pushed into the pit with Wheelosaurus and Prizephita Mk 2, however the latter was already immobilized. Up against Killertron it was able to flip it clean over itself, sometimes making it land directly on the axe. Wheely Big Cheese almost pulled out of the Heat Final after a pin in one of the gearboxes broke and had to be replaced, but it was fixed in time and ready to fight. In the heat final against Suicidal Tendencies, Wheely Big Cheese was pushed around into various CPZ's until Suicidal Tendencies lost drive on one side, conveniently close to the pit. Wheely Big Cheese attempted to push it in, but drove in itself. The Suicidal Tendencies team then celebrated, thinking that they had won, not realizing that the judges had intervened. The judges favored Wheely Big Cheese, feeling that Suicidal Tendencies had been immobile on one side for at least 30 seconds before Wheely Big Cheese drove into the pit. Wheely Big Cheese still had its wheels on the arena floor, as it was such a long robot.
Up against Tornado in the Semi-Finals, Wheely Big Cheese got one good flip that nearly got Tornado out of the Arena. For the rest of the match it was pushed around and had one of its wheels dislodged by Matilda. The Judges therefore awarded the win to Tornado.
[edit] Extreme 1
Wheely Big Cheese competed in the All-Stars Tournament. It flipped Diotoir over in its first round, from which the Dublin robot could not self-right. Up against Chaos 2, in a rematch for Series 3, it was continuously flipped and never seemed to get its own flipper working. It therefore lost on a judges decision.
In the Flipper Frenzy Wheely Big Cheese went straight after Matilda, and was immobilized by the flywheel and pitted.
In the Mayhem battle, Wheely Big Cheese got one flip in on Ming 3 before it had several gashes inflicted in its wheel by Hypno-Disc. One of the exposed wheels dislodged again. Whilst Dead Metal was slicing the wheels, a huge amount of sparks flew out all over the Arena from the tungsten studs. It was then pitted along with Ming 3, who had lost both of its wheels.
[edit] Series 5
Roger Plant made an entirely new chassis for Series 5 that was only marginally different from the old one, but with a more powerful and reliable flipper. It's first round match against Wolverine, the Cheese was flipped around a lot, until it was pushed over to the arena wall by Wolverine, where it flipped it out in one go. In perhaps its most famous battle, Axe Awe got one hit with the axe before Wheely Big Cheese flipped it over 10 feet in the air and over the fence from the center of the Arena. This still stands as a Robot Wars record flip.
- "Out of the Arena? Out of the Robot Wars galaxy!"
- — Jonathan Pearce
- "The Cheese got his potted crab"
- — Jonathan Pearce at the defeat of Crushtacean
[edit] Results
| WHEELY BIG CHEESE - RESULTS | ||
| Series 4 | ||
| The Fourth Wars - UK Championship 15th Seed, Semi-Final, Round 1 | ||
| Heat H, Eliminator | vs. Wheelosaurus, Prizephita Mk 2 | Qualified |
| Heat H, Semi-Final | vs. Killertron | Won |
| Heat H, Final | vs. Suicidal Tendencies 2 (32) | Won |
| Semi-Final 1, Round 1 | vs. Tornado | Lost |
| Extreme Series 1 | ||
| All Stars Quarter Finalist | ||
| Round 1 | vs. Diotoir | Won |
| Quarter Final | vs. Chaos 2 | Lost |
| Mayhem & Annihilator Mayhem | ||
| Mayhem | vs. Hypno-Disc, Ming 3 | Lost |
| Other Battles Flipper Frenzy | ||
| Flipper Frenzy | vs. Chaos 2, Thermidor 2, Bigger Brother | Lost |
| Series 5 | ||
| The Fifth Wars - UK Championship 10th Seed, Semi Final, Round 1 | ||
| Heat H, Eliminator | vs. Wolverine | Won |
| Heat H, Semi-Final | vs. Axe Awe | Won |
| Heat H, Final | vs. Crushtacean | Won |
| Semi-Final 1, Round 1 | vs. Dominator 2 (11) | Lost |
| Semi-Final 1, Losers Melee | vs. Firestorm 3 (7), Panic Attack (6) | Lost |
[edit] Wins/Losses
- Wins: 7
- Losses: 6
[edit] Series Record
- Series 1: Did not enter
- Series 2: Entered with The Mule
- Series 3: Entered with The Big Cheese
- Series 4: Semi-Finals, Round 1
- Series 5: Semi-Finals, Round 1
- Series 6-7: Did not enter
[edit] Honours
| Non-Official Honour | ||
| Biggest flip in Robot Wars | ||
| Champions | Chaos 2 • Panic Attack • Razer • Roadblock • Tornado • Typhoon 2 |
| Runners-Up | Bigger Brother • Cassius • Hypno-Disc • Pussycat • Storm 2 |
| Grand Finalists | Bodyhammer • Cunning Plan • Firestorm • Killertron • Recyclopse • Robot The Bruce • Steg-O-Saw-Us • Stinger • Terrorhurtz • T.R.A.C.I.E. • X-Terminator |
| Semi-Finalists (Round 2) | 101 • Atomic • Behemoth • Beast of Bodmin • Bulldog Breed • Dantomkia • Dominator 2 • Gravity • Haardvark • King Buxton • Mace • Mortis • S3 • Wild Thing |
| Semi-Finalists (Round 1) | 13 Black • Big Brother • Blade • Evil Weevil • G.B.H. • Gravedigger • M2 • Mousetrap • Mute • Napalm • Pitbull • Plunderbird • Raging Knightmare • Scutter's Revenge • Spawn Again • Spawn of Scutter • Splinter • St. Agro • Steg 2 • Thing 2 • The Grim Reaper • Thermidor 2 • Tough As Nails • Trident • Wheely Big Cheese |
