Dutch heat finalist Gravity had flipped several robots, including 13 Black out of the arena. Lightning had beaten Thor in the previous round. Now Lightning from Essex faced up against one of the best flippers ever seen. But Lightning had great control and was low to the ground. Who would win? How would the House robots do?
(Spoiler alert)
Little did team Lightning know but the robot had a flat tyre (it needs solid tyres). Notice at the start when it goes to drive forward, and turns sideways as one side drags. So Lightning had control issues. Would the self-righter work? In the end a wire fell off the other motor, and so it had no drive. Gravity decided to take on the House robots and flipped Dead Metal for the first time ever. It went on in the next round to flip Dantomkia out of the arena in 6 seconds - a new record. In the next round Tornado beat Gravity up. Tornado was beaten by Lightning once in a live event, so a nice little triangle there. Lightning made the last 32, and would have been seeded the following year, if the series had continued. This was series 7, the final one. Content owner Sunset & Vine.
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