Double Tap

Double Tap is a heavyweight robot designed by Ostrich Air which was accepted as an alternate for BattleBots World Championship VII.
It is a sleek, low-profile robot armed with a uniquely-shaped overhead spinner mounted at an angle to attack from above. Double Tap's weapon features pivoting teeth which extend as it powers up, increasing the attack circumference of the robot as a result and allowing for a second impact with every attack, hence the name "Double Tap". The teeth themselves extend approximately ten inches out on impact, and the weapon itself is able to reposition itself to hit higher or lower on its opponent. A similar idea was seen in Robot Wars Series 9 and 10 entry Expulsion, though had not been seen before in the modern era of BattleBots. Double Tap also has a more traditional bar spinner called the Macerator.Double Tap's frame is made from welded aluminum, and features several different shells. One of these, as seen in its official hero shots, consists of individual sheets of metal layered together in layers to form a unique, textured appearance. For drive, Double Tap utilizes "Shark wheels", which are custom-molded wheels of a unique shape, sometimes seen in skateboards to improve durability by reducing contact with debris.https://www.instagram.com/p/ChdMPBJPoZf/ Shark Wheel also sponsored the robot, and provided wheels for the robot used to carry Double Tap in its introductions.The front of the robot is shaped to form two front prongs, which opponents can ride up to receive a hit from Double Tap's primary weapon. The team adopted a secret agent theme leading up to the season, referencing Area 51 across team attire and citing Double Tap as the robot's nickname as "you can't pronounce its real name".https://www.ostrichair.com/battlebot.html#/ Ostrich Air uploaded an Instagram video in February 2022https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ9RiKCj9Q2/ and confirmed their application for the seventh reboot season a month later.https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10166158807795523&set=pcb.10159725030994481 Having posted regular updates in the lead-up to filming, Ostrich Air announced their confirmed participation in BattleBots via Instagram on September 19, 2022.https://www.instagram.com/p/Cis2-GrJUQZ/Ostrich Air brought three complete Double Tap builds to BattleBots, as well as three blade options and two different armor configurations. One of these blades is called "The Macerator" and consists of 316 stainless steel with AR500 steel either side of it. The tips of these also contain Domite - an abrasion resistant, high chromium white iron which the Ostrich Air claim to be ideal for this kind of weaponry.https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/y10ito/one_of_double_taps_3_blade_systems/ Notably, this specific weapon option does not feature the out-swinging blades.
The team intended to prepare a custom-molded shell made from Manganese steel, as used on Slammo! during the 2021 season, though the casting for it failed and there was not enough time left before filming to retry this innovative armor idea.https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/y2ksc7/double_tap_is_starting_to_come_together/ Double Tap also makes use of a unique self-righting mechanism consisting of a cold gas thruster operating at high pressure. However, Ostrich Air require the nod from BattleBots production to allow this, and it is not yet known whether they have this permission.
Double Tap began its season with a comfortable knockout win over fellow alternate Doomba.
==Robot History==
===World Championship VII===
Doomba vs. Double TapDouble Tap's BattleBots debut came in Episode 5 of World Championship VII, where it faced Doomba. Having originally been set to fight Rusty, Double Tap was drafted in as Doomba's first opponent due to mechanical issues with Dave Eaton's machine.https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots/comments/10q5fmk/comment/j6o34ty/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 For this battle, Double Tap was armed with its Macerator blade.At the start of the fight, both robots got their weapons up to speed. Both rookie robots met head-on and Double Tap pulled out Doomba's drive motor leads with the first hit, also loosening its lid protecting vital electronics.https://www.facebook.com/DoombaBattleBot/posts/pfbid02FjzNxxGQia8XjKSxZmsRAua6TPRtyjzJVo7t3B7RokkqjP4Z3M2ztZ4LQjomfsRRl Doomba began to smoke and its lid came away as it could now only drive in circles.Knowing a count out would not initiate as Doomba was technically still mobile as per the new rules, Double Tap went in for another strike and tore away some of Doomba's UMHW armor. This hit immobilized Doomba and Double Tap backed away.A count began on Doomba, marking Double Tap's first ever BattleBots win.
==Results==
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===Wins/Losses===
*Wins: 1
*Losses: TBC
Competition 	Wins 	Losses
World Championship VII	Doomba (Undercard Match)	TBA
==Faruq Tauheed Introductions==
"From San Jose, California. The bot so nice, he'll kill you twice. It's DOUBLE TAP!"
==See Also==
*Ostrich Air on YouTube
*Ostrich Air on Facebook
==Trivia==
*Team member Loren Carpenter was a co-founder and chief scientist of Pixar Studios, working on such franchises as Cars, The Incredibles, WALL-E and the first three Toy Story films. He also won two Academy Awards for his work.
*More than 40 engineers from over 20 different countries were involved in the design and build of Double Tap.
==References==