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Apex

Staffordshire

Technical specification
Location Staffordshire
Weapon Spinner
Weight 110 kg
Defence Hardened steel armour
Top Speed 17 mph
Drive System Ampflow E40-400 motors on 24v
Power Electric
Battery Drive 6s LiPo 22.2v, Weapon 14s 58.8v
Biggest Weakness Extremely slow spin up time

Apex is defined by its horizontal gold-coloured spinning bar, the biggest in Robot Wars history. Apex first appeared last series and for the new series the team have added a newly designed shuffler system.

Team stats

Chris Danby34
Team role:

Team Captain and driver

Occupation:

Administrator

Sam Price25
Team role:

Weapon designer Engineer

Occupation:

Bar Supervisor

Jack Tweedy20
Team role:

Mechanical

Occupation:

Engineering Apprentice

Craig Danby32
Team role:

Design Engineer and Fabricator

Occupation:

Mechanical Design Engineer

What makes Apex unique...

Apex has the biggest bar spinner in Robot Wars history, with team captain Chris and his brother Craig have built Apex themselves at their ‘workshop’ home.