The weekend between Disney and Universal we went to a makerfaire and got to participate and a combat robot competition in the 1lbs division.  Brian built and drove Sir Lance-a-little, a 1lbs wedge.  While wedges aren’t the most exciting bots, for a first time bot it’s usually the way to go.  What made Sir Lance-a-little more interesting was the fact that it had large Fingertech Silverspark motors around fore and aft even the wheels were side by side with just a slight (motor width’s) offset.  Normally that would cause some drive issues, but Sir Lance-a-little uses a gyroscope to auto correct any wheel speed difference or slippage.  This allowed for incredibly straight driving at high speeds.  So box rushes were  a good option… except against Banana Splitter.  That evil under cutter bot basically resurfaced the floor and took anything touch the floor, like wheels, with it. But for a bot that was built in short order it did pretty well.  I survived a 3 pound rumble, and Sir Lance-a-little was just over half a pound. Not bad considering it didn’t even have armor when we arrived in Orlando.  We literally bent the armor into shape using the leverage of door and it’s hinges!