War Drums

War Drums
Participation Information
Live	NPC Charity Open 2004
Team Information
Team	Team Insanity
Team Members	Wayne Molnar Theresa Molnar Christopher Molnar Cassandra Molnar
From	Robbinsville, NJ
Other Entries	Amputator, Death Drum, Jacksauce
Robot Statistics
Weapons	Drum spinner
Statistics correct as of its most recent appearance on the show, or if not applicable, qualification attempt.

War Drums was a hobbyweight robot built by Team Insanity which competed at the BattleBots-sanctioned 2004 NPC Charity Open.

It was a four-wheeled, silver, invertible robot that was armed with a powerful spinning drum.

War Drums did well in the 12lb competition, reaching the quarter-finals. Team Insanity also competed in the middleweight class with Death Drum, which featured a similar weapon.

War Drums in The Pits with another robot at Robot Assault 2003

An alternative design of War Drums

Outside BattleBots

According to The Builders Database, War Drums fought in thirteen additional events between 2003 and 2012, including the 12lb division at RoboGames 2005. Records compiled by BotRank.com suggest that it achieved overall class victory at House of NERC 2003, and a total of 28 match wins over the span of its career.

Robot History

NPC Charity Open
War Drums vs. Spatula War Drums sends Spatula flying. War Drums first match was against Spatula. This fight started with Spatula immediately coming out of its square, and slamming into War Drums, flipping it. Spatula then slammed War Drums into the wall before charging at its spinning drum. This used the power of War Drums own weapon against itself as War Drums was sent flying by this hit, War Drums only had half of its drive at this point so Spatula slammed into it again, flipping it once more. Now upright, War Drums then landed a hit on Spatula that sent it flying through the air, however it was still having drive issues, and this allowed Spatula to take it to the wall. In doing so however Spatula got itself stuck under the wall, and the match had to be paused to free Spatula. Once the match resumed it was clear that War Drums weapon was not working, and Spatula took it into the wall again, Spatula then pushed War Drums around the arena as the final seconds ticked down on the clock. Spatula would win the match on a judges' decision.
War Drums vs. Mace War Drums tosses Mace into the air. War Drums lost the resulting judges decision, and was now in the loser's bracket where it received a bye, this put it up against Mace. As soon as this fight started Mace was only able to move in circles, this allowed War Drums to come in, and send it flying. War Drums then slammed into the wall before delivering another blow to Mace, this time flipping it. War Drums continued doing this several times until it got another hit, this time ripping the right wheel off of Mace. War Drums then delivered a final hit to Mace, sending it flying once more, before Mace tapped out.
War Drums vs. Another Fierce Weed-Wacker This win put War Drums into the first quarterfinal round where it faced Another Fierce Weed-Wacker. This fight started with War Drums spinning up, and driving over to AFWW. However AFWW was not moving at all, and tapped out. This win by knockout meant that War Drums was now in the second quarterfinal round.
War Drums vs. Spatula War Drums delivers a large hit to Spatula. war Drums then took on Spatula in a rematch. This fight started with War Drums grinding away at Spatula's wedge before getting around to the rear of Spatula, and sending it flying. War Drums then drove over the top of Spatula which then rammed it. This flipped War Drums, and Spatula delivered two more slams, stopping the weapon of War Drums. Shortly after this attack War Drums stopped moving, and tapped out. This meant that War Drums was eliminated from the tournament.

Wins/Losses

• Wins: 2
• Losses: 2

Competition	Wins	Losses
2004 NPC Charity Open	Bye Mace Another Fierce Weed-Wacker	Spatula (x2)