Full-body spinners

There have been several kinds of full body spinner in Robot Wars, ranging in levels of destruction and success. Without a doubt, the most successful full body spinners were Typhoon and Typhoon 2, three time middleweight and last televised UK Champion respectively. The pioneer of such a weapon was Caliban.

Definition

 * This weapon involves a robot equipping blades, flails or other damagers of some sort to their body (full body), which then spins up to speed (spinner).

Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages
 * The weapon protects the robot on all sides, making it virtually unapproachable at high speeds.
 * The size and weight of the weapon gives it the potential to cause very high levels of damage, as demonstrated by Team Typhoon.

Disadvantages
 * It is very difficult to tell which way the robot is facing while the weapon is spinning. Corkscrew overcame this with the signature corkscrew, which indicated which way the robot was facing.
 * They usually cannot utilize any pushing power from their round shape, with only Delldog and Corkscrew successful in ramming victories.
 * They are often unsafe (Warhog and Typhoon 2 have both shattered the arena wall, and Mauler was disqualified from the First World Championship altogether).
 * Most of them were unable to self-right when flipped, as Typhoon 2 and Typhoon Cadet, among others, both proved. The design is often incompatible with a srimech, although Revenge of Trouble & Strife succeeded in this design.
 * They are often unreliable. Warhog broke down in all three of its appearances, and weapons malfunctions cost Corkscrew Two, Ajjay and Delldog respective wins.
 * Like other heavy spinners, often a robot must stop moving in order to get the weapon spinning again. This makes robots very vulnerable in the opening seconds of a battle, as Banshee and Daisy Cutter's respective losses to Spawn of Scutter and Ripper demonstrate.

List of Full Body Spinners


Robots are listed alphabetically. Robots that aren't heavyweight are listed with a green background.