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Vertigo is a vertical disk spinner 3lb Robot. It competed in the NHRL July 19th and September 19th events, doing fairly well in the July 19th event and poorly in the September 19th event.
Vertigo is a vertical disk spinner 3lb Robot. It competed in the NHRL July 19th, September 19th, and December Finals event, with a 3-6 record.


Vertigo was originally inspired by bots like Tempus and Division. The disk weighs around 400 grams, with the entire weapon weighing in at nearly 1lb. It currently relies heavily on it's relatively powerful drive and low wedge, due to constant weapon issues. It also set out to be unique in that it's chassis is a unibody Onyx chassis, which has been relatively successful in warding off damage.
Vertigo was originally inspired by bots like Tempus and Division. The disk weighs around 400 grams, with the entire weapon weighing in at nearly 1lb. It currently relies heavily on it's relatively powerful drive and low wedge, due to constant weapon issues. It also set out to be unique in that it's chassis is a unibody Onyx chassis, which has been relatively successful in warding off damage.


Vertigo was originally powered by FT beater bar motors and 780botkits motors. The beater bar motors were later changed to propodrives, and the botkits motors, to opboxes.
Vertigo was originally powered by FT beater bar motors and 780botkits motors. The beater bar motors were later changed to propodrives, and the botkits motors, to opboxes.

From September to December, Vertigo's design changed from that of a chassis-reminiscent of Cobalt to that of a far wider, larger profile bot. The weapon size remained the same.


Fun fact: Vertigo was originally meant to be 8x5", but that proved too small to fit the chosen lipo so it was increased to 9x5" for the first version.
Fun fact: Vertigo was originally meant to be 8x5", but that proved too small to fit the chosen lipo so it was increased to 9x5" for the first version.

Revision as of 16:59, 12 February 2021

Vertigo is a vertical disk spinner 3lb Robot. It competed in the NHRL July 19th, September 19th, and December Finals event, with a 3-6 record.

Vertigo was originally inspired by bots like Tempus and Division. The disk weighs around 400 grams, with the entire weapon weighing in at nearly 1lb. It currently relies heavily on it's relatively powerful drive and low wedge, due to constant weapon issues. It also set out to be unique in that it's chassis is a unibody Onyx chassis, which has been relatively successful in warding off damage.

Vertigo was originally powered by FT beater bar motors and 780botkits motors. The beater bar motors were later changed to propodrives, and the botkits motors, to opboxes.

From September to December, Vertigo's design changed from that of a chassis-reminiscent of Cobalt to that of a far wider, larger profile bot. The weapon size remained the same.

Fun fact: Vertigo was originally meant to be 8x5", but that proved too small to fit the chosen lipo so it was increased to 9x5" for the first version.

Robot Facts

Vertigo
Driver Eric Shao
Weight Class 3lb
Body Material Onyx
Weapon Vertical Disk Spinner
Weapon Drive Propodrive v2 3000kv outrunners
Drive Opboxes
Power 1000mAH 3s Galaxy Lipos

Tournament Results

2020

NHRL January 18th 2020 Did Not Compete
NHRL July 18th 2020 Did Not Compete
NHRL July 19th 2020 3 Wins - 2 Losses
NHRL September 19th 2020 0 Wins - 2 Losses

Combat History

  • Fifth/Sixth - NHRL July 19th 2020