However, Mentorn rejected Team Whyachi's application via e-mail Gearheads: The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports claims that as Son of Whyachi was an established BattleBots competitor, they were against allowing it to compete in Robot Wars competitions. Son of Whyachi had attempted to enter Season 2 of Extreme Warriors via an online application, which was intended to be its final appearance in its original shufflebot form. Mentorn likely didn't want to use a robot that was so prominently associated with its rival BattleBots, but Ewert said, "I suspect they didn't want to repair the house robots"." - Gearheads: The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports But the bot that had pulverized the champion Biohazard nine months before received a curt rejection over e-mail. " Terry Ewert of Team Whyachi applied with the former champ Son of Whyachi Ewert heard Mentorn needed good robots and wanted to exhibit his walking helicopter spinner one last time, before he replaced the walking mechanism with wheels. The excerpt from Gearheads: The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports detailing Son of Whyachi's attempted qualification However, the robot had a top speed of only 4mph, and the weapon sometimes had sufficient force to damage itself during attacks on other robots.Īs shufflebots in Seasons 1 and 2 of Extreme Warriors were allowed to weight up to 350lbs (160kg), Son of Whyachi would have initially taken advantage of this allowance by weighing 315lbs (approximately 143kg). Spinning at 390rpm, with a tip speed of 70mph, Son of Whyachi's hammers proved exceptionally destructive, allowing it to completely immobilize five of its first seven opponents during its first season in BattleBots. The hammers, mounted close to the arena floor, were made out of hardened S7 tool steel and weighed 12lbs each, contributing to a total weight of 120lbs for the weapon alone. The robot was armed with a large overhead rotating weapon, consisting of an interconnected tri-bar spinner with a 5ft diameter and hammers at each end.
Son of Whyachi was a silver, black and red shufflebot, which utilized a '3-phase walking beam' mechanism as its source of locomotion.
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