Hunting Wind

Hunting Wind
Participation Information
Series	S1 (King of Bots) S1.5 (This is Fighting Robots)
Team Information
Team	Crystal Dust Alchemist
Team Members	Chen Hang Gao Chang
Robot Statistics
Weapons	Spiked hammer

猎风 (translated as Hunting Wind) was a Chinese competitor robot which fought in the first season of King of Bots, and Season 1.5, the debut season of This is Fighting Robots. In its King of Bots debut, it reached the second round in Season 1 after defeating Inverse Scales, but lost at that stage after getting heavily damaged by the Anglo-Australian multibot Great White.

In Season 1.5, Hunting Wind made very little impact in its preliminary rumble, but was regardless chosen to advance into the main competition through being selected by Zheng Shaung. Its success as part of the Green team remains limited, as it also lost its first main rumble to Shrederator Tiger Claw.

Design

Hunting Wind in Season 1 with its team

Hunting Wind's crosshair (centre-left) projects onto the arena floor

Hunting Wind was a dark brown and green, two-wheel drive robot with a roughly octagonal-shaped chassis, a steep front wedge and a spiked hammer as its main weapon. The hammer was driven by a pneumatic rack-and-pinion mechanism, similar to those used by the axes of UK Robot Wars competitors Terrorhurtz and Thor, and was capable of denting opponents' armour with ease. Hunting Wind’s hammer was supported by a rear frame attached to a separate piston; however, the frame and a lack of balance often resulted in the robot throwing itself off the floor whenever the hammer swung. The robot also featured an LED ‘crosshair’ projected from the top of its front wedge; however, it is currently unknown whether this feature formed part of an automated targeting system for the hammer. For This is Fighting Robots Hunting Wind was redesigned to be a box-shaped robot, however it kept the same weaponry, and color scheme.

Hunting Wind in Season 1.5

"Hunting Winds' weapon actually got some great power, but when firing at full force the bot would just break apart by itself, hence why he changed to a soft tail. The wielding is not good either as shown in the fight, and the biggest problem is that the LiPo batteries are placed on the outside of wheels, making it basically a time bomb. After the fight the fire of the bot is heating up the gas cans, and he need to wear a mask to defuse the whole robot. The next version of Hunting Wind would be much more reasonable though, and hopefully he can do better next time."

— A correspondent of the team

A much more stable body was developed for Hunting Wind in Season 1.5, using a box-shaped chassis in an effort to keep the robot from pulling itself over. The robot's color scheme was also changed to turquoise, green and brown.

Robot History

King of Bots (Season 1)

Hunting Wind lifts itself up as it misses its first hammer blow on Inverse Scales

Hunting Wind leaves a dent in Inverse Scale's top armour

Another successful blow from Hunting Wind

Hunting Wind made its debut in Episode 3, where it faced Inverse Scales in the first round. Immediately, it negotiated out of the blue square towards Inverse Scales, but swung itself off the floor with its first hammer blow, its hammer head touching Inverse Scales’ spinning weapon in the process. After retracting its hammer and gingerly approaching its opponent again, Hunting Wind was briefly pushed back by Inverse Scales, but responded by striking Inverse Scales’ top panel. A powerful ram on Inverse Scales ensued, before Hunting Wind hammered its left-front wheel and top panel again with two more hits. These attacks were sufficient to leave Inverse Scales immobilized by the end of the battle, which went to a Judges’ decision. The decision went in favour of Hunting Wind, putting it through to the second round.

"I'd like to think we'll win, but I'm not too sure. It's a very nicely built robot, and one hit from him in the wrong spot can definitely take us out."

— Steven Martin of Great White

Hunting Wind's side armor is torn off in the opening moments

A smoking Hunting Wind is immobilized by Remora

Hunting Wind entered the arena to fight Great White and its minibot, Remora. The team instantly activated the smoke screen, attempting to dodge the spinner, but the Australian team retaliated in kind. Both roboteers were blinded, but Great White scored the hit and tore half of Hunting Wind's armor off. Hunting Wind fired its axe and missed, turning the robot on its side and opening it up to another blow from the heavy triangular flywheel. Now smoking and immobilized, the minibot Remora landed the final blow and tore off the rest of the armour. Left armorless and smoking, Hunting Wind was quickly counted out.

"Somebody call 9-1-1!"

— Commentary as Hunting Wind is counted out

This is Fighting Robots (Season 1.5)

Hunting Wind's limited input in battle

Hunting Wind drives into the wall, moments before its selection

Hunting Wind was not initially chosen by any celebrities, so it competed in the first preliminary rumble of the series, against Bonesaw, Mr Hippo and Weber. It was able to make an early impact, slamming into Bonesaw, moments before the American machine was overturned and eliminated. After Bonesaw's defeat, Hunting Wind's involvement was extremely limited, as it hovered around the beaten Bonesaw, failing to make an impact on the active Mr Hippo and Weber. This led to the editors playing comical music over Hunting Wind's movements. Later into the battle, Hunting Wind made another glancing impact with Weber, having failed to do anything of note in the whole battle. Following this, Hunting Wind aimlessly drove into the arena wall twice. Despite this, the charm of the robot convinced Zheng Shaung to select Hunting Wind for her team, to the confusion of the other celebrity captains. As a result, Hunting Wind, along with Mr Hippo and Weber, advanced to the main competition.

Hunting Wind pushes the smaller part of Eater back, following its initial mobility issues

Hunting Wind and Shrederator Tiger Claw jointly disable one of Eater's spinners

As part of Shaung’s Green team, Hunting Wind was chosen to fight Eater, Fango and Shrederator Tiger Claw in the first battle of the main tournament. Immediately, it darted towards the main part of Eater, but missed, instead slamming into one of the grinders. Reversing, it sustained a side-on blow from Eater’s spinners, and after incurring a second hit from Shrederator Tiger Claw, reversed to the far end of the arena. However, Hunting Wind immediately stopped, briefly shuffling forwards and firing its hammer before being left stationary for some time. Eventually, it regained full mobility, momentarily pushing the smaller part of Eater back. Hunting Wind proceeded to drive into the left-hand spinner of Eater’s main robot, deflecting it into Shrederator Tiger Claw and disabling the spinner in the process.

Sparks fly as Hunting Wind bears the brunt of Shrederator Tiger Claw's head-on attack

Hunting Wind (bottom) is immobilized by Shrederator Tiger Claw

However, not long afterwards, Hunting Wind drove head-on into Shrederator Tiger Claw, causing the latter to break part of its front armor off and send it recoiling into the corner. As a result, Hunting Wind was left immobile on one side – much to Zheng Shaung’s concern – and was ignored by its remaining opponents for some time. This was until Shrederator Tiger Claw approached it from the other side of the arena for another attack. Hunting Wind remained stationary as Shrederator Tiger Claw was thrown by the floor flipper into one of the grinder mounts, the impact causing the American shell spinner to ricochet into it. The impact tore Hunting Wind’s front and top armor open, and completely immobilized it, resulting in it and Shaung being eliminated from the battle prior to the subsequent Judges’ decision.

Results

Wins/Losses

• Wins: 1
• Losses: 2

NOTE: Hunting Wind's preliminary rumble is not considered to be a win or a loss

Series Record

Series	Hunting Wind Series Record
Season 1	Round 2
Season 1.5	Selected for celebrity team
Season 2	Did not enter

Outside King of Bots

Team Crystal Dust Alchemist competed at the 2017 FMB MLF event with a Featherweight robot named after the team. However they lost early on after getting their robots wheel torn off, and electronics ripped out by another robot.

External Links

• Hunting Wind on the King of Bots website (Chinese)