Spring 2001
Heavyweight Champion
"Son of Whyachi"

SOW 3.0 & 4.0 Retired to the
"Lazy Toad Robot Club"

SOW 5.0

Check out the PDFS below for an excellent
magazine article explaining
how this bot works.

|SOW Article|
Visit Real Robots magazine at www.realrobots.com

Specifications

Class:	Super Heavy Weight
Weight:	340 lbs
Top Speed:	8 MPH
Batteries:	2600 NiMh
Drive Control:	Victor
Drive Motors:	Team Whyachi TWM3 Gearbox/3"Mag driving tracks
Weapon:	3 arm rotor with hammers
Hammers:	12 lbs each, hardened S7 tool steel.
Total Weapon Weight:	120 lbs
Rotor Speed:	950 RPM
Hammer Speed:	175 RPM
Rotor Diameter:	5 ft
Rotor Motor:	Two 15 hp Yamaha gasoline kart engines
Rotor Energy @ Impact:	20,000 ft lbs
Rotor Material:	6-4 Titanium
Design Time:	2 Weeks
Build Time:	3 weeks

Son of Whyachi Battlebots Trivia:

Son of Whyachi is the only bot ever to win a
BattleBot championship that is not located within 50
miles of the Pacific Ocean.

Son of Whyachi is the only bot that won 7 matches
on the way to the championship nut, 3 other bots
did it with 6 wins.

The only bots ever to win a BattleBot
championship and were not from California
their names begin with "Son of".