Changes: Flybot

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Flybot was a featherweight robot from Team BlazerBotics, which competed in the Featherweight Championship of Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2. One of two featherweights entered by the team - the other being Gladiator - it performed strongly in its heat, but lost after pushing Kitty into the pit and falling in itself seconds later.

Design

Flybot was a silver and black robot with a slanted box-shaped body and two-wheel drive, and had an learner driver's plate on its back. Its weapon was a long electric lifting arm, which proved effective in its only appearance.

The Team

Main article: Team MAD

Flybot was built by Team BlazerBotics, nowadays Team MAD, consisting of the young brothers Alan and Dave Young. Whilst Dave Young entered the Featherweight Championship with Gladiator, Flybot was controlled by the older brother Alan Young in its only battle. After Flybot was eliminated, Dave Young would then join the Gladiator team for the final in Extreme 2. Alan Young then entered Series 7 with the featherweight Alpha, and would eventually join his younger brother on the Apollo team in Series 10, having led the construction of the machine.

Robot History

Extreme 2

Flybot competed in the Featherweight Championship, broadcast as part of the Robot Rampage episode. In its heat, it fought fellow Team BlazerBotics featherweight Gladiator, as well as Cutlet, Dragon, Kitty and Micro-Mute.

"Flybot, top of your picture, making an early push."

— Jonathan Pearce

Flybot vs dragon — Flybot attacks Dragon early on

Flybot vs Kitty — Flybot lifts Kitty up onto four wheels

At the start, Flybot pushed Dragon away, before lifting Kitty up onto all four wheels. Kitty drove back down onto two wheels, before Flybot pressured it towards the pit, hooking its lifting arm under Kitty's wheel and flipping it in. However, this also caused Flybot to lose balance and throw itself head-over-heels into the pit as well.

Flybot vs kitty 2 — Flybot, overbalancing, topples into the pit after dispatching Kitty

"Flybot and Kitty duelled together, good fight it was, Flybot pushing Kitty, then towards the pit, and oh dear they both toppled in!"

— Jonathan Pearce

Flybot was eliminated from the Featherweight Championship as a result, with it and Kitty eventually being joined in the pit by all of the remaining competitors and Refbot.

Results

FLYBOT - RESULTS
Extreme 2
Robot Rampage Featherweight Championship, Round 1
Round 1	vs. Kitty, Dragon, Gladiator, Micro-Mute, Cutlet	Eliminated

Wins/Losses

Wins: 0
Losses: 1

Series Record

Main Series	Flybot Series Record
The First Wars	Did not enter
The Second Wars	Did not enter
The Third Wars	Did not enter
The Fourth Wars	Did not enter
The Fifth Wars	Did not enter
The Sixth Wars	Did not enter
The Seventh Wars	Featherweight Championship with Alpha and G2 Withdrew before qualifiers with Merlin
Series 8	Entered with Apollo Entered Pilot with Merlin
Series 9	Entered with Apollo
Series 10	Entered with Apollo
Robot Wars Extreme	Appearances
Series 1	Did not enter
Series 2	Featherweight Championship, Round 1 Entered with Gladiator, Chroma and Hades

NOTE: Monte, a robot built by Team MAD, was also loaned to Paul Streeter in order to enter the 2016 pilot

Outside Robot Wars

After Flybot's appearance on Robot Wars, Dave Young built a successor, Flybot Mk2, a wedge-shaped featherweight running on two wheels, providing an invertible drive system.

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+|team=[[Team MAD|Team BlazerBotics]]
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+'''Flybot''' was a featherweight robot from [[Team MAD|Team BlazerBotics]], which competed in the [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/Featherweight Championship|Featherweight Championship]] of ''[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2]]''. One of two featherweights entered by the team - the other being [[Gladiator]] - it performed strongly in its heat, but lost after pushing [[Kitty]] into the pit and falling in itself seconds later.
-'''Flybot''' was one of several featherweights of [[Team BlazerBotics]]. It was a box shaped robot resembling teammate [[Gladiator]] that had a long electric lifting arm on the front. It competed in the featherweight battle of Extreme 2, but it didn't make the final, losing after falling into the pit.  Team BlazerBotics also entered [[Chroma]] and [[Hades]] in Extreme 2, [[Alpha]] in Series 7, and [[Gladiator]] in both Series 7 and Extreme 2.
+==Design==
+[[File:Flybotinside.jpg|thumb|left|Flybot's internals]]
+Flybot was a silver and black robot with a slanted box-shaped body and two-wheel drive, and had an learner driver's plate on its back. Its weapon was a long electric lifting arm, which proved effective in its only appearance.
+==The Team==
+{{main|Team MAD}}
+Flybot was built by Team BlazerBotics, nowadays Team MAD, consisting of the young brothers Alan and Dave Young. Whilst Dave Young entered the Featherweight Championship with [[Gladiator]], Flybot was controlled by the older brother Alan Young in its only battle. After Flybot was eliminated, Dave Young would then join the Gladiator team for the final in ''Extreme 2''. Alan Young then entered Series 7 with the featherweight [[Alpha]], and would eventually join his younger brother on the [[Apollo]] team in Series 10, having led the construction of the machine.
 ==Robot History==
 ===Extreme 2===
+Flybot competed in the [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/Featherweight Championship|Featherweight Championship]], broadcast as part of the [[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/Robot Rampage|Robot Rampage]] episode. In its heat, it fought fellow Team BlazerBotics featherweight [[Gladiator]], as well as [[Cutlet]], [[Dragon]], [[Kitty]] and [[Micro-Mute]].
-[[File:Flybotkitty.jpg|thumb|left|Flybot, about to meet its demise]]
-Flybot's career in Robot Wars didn't last long, because it, after attacking Kitty, drove Team Cold Fusion's machine towards the pit and flipped it in, but the force of the flip turned Flybot onto its back and it fell in the pit too. Soon, Dragon, Cutlet, Micro-Mute, teammate Gladiator and even Refbot joined the two in the pit.
+{{quote|Flybot, top of your picture, making an early push.|Jonathan Pearce}}
+[[File:Flybot vs dragon.jpg|thumb|left|Flybot attacks Dragon early on]]
+[[File:Flybot vs Kitty.png|thumb|Flybot lifts Kitty up onto four wheels]]
+At the start, Flybot pushed Dragon away, before lifting Kitty up onto all four wheels. Kitty drove back down onto two wheels, before Flybot pressured it towards the pit, hooking its lifting arm under Kitty's wheel and flipping it in. However, this also caused Flybot to lose balance and throw itself head-over-heels into the pit as well.
+[[File:Flybot vs kitty 2.jpg|thumb|Flybot, overbalancing, topples into the pit after dispatching Kitty]]
+{{quote|Flybot and Kitty duelled together, good fight it was, Flybot pushing Kitty, then towards the pit, and oh dear they both toppled in!|Jonathan Pearce}}
+Flybot was eliminated from the Featherweight Championship as a result, with it and Kitty eventually being joined in the pit by all of the remaining competitors and [[Refbot]].
 ==Results==
 {{Results Top|Black|silver|FLYBOT}}
 {{Show|Extreme 2}}
-{{Competition|Robot Rampage|Featherweight Championship, Round 1}}
+{{Competition|Robot Rampage|[[Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/Featherweight Championship|Featherweight Championship]], Round 1}}
 {{Battle|Round 1|[[Kitty]], [[Dragon]], [[Gladiator]], [[Micro-Mute]], [[Cutlet]]|Eliminated}}
 |}
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 *Wins: 0
 *Losses: 1
+==Series Record==
+{{Series Record EX|Flybot|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|Featherweight Championship with [[Alpha]] and [[Gladiator|G2]]<br>Withdrew before qualifiers with [[Merlin]]|Entered with [[Apollo]]<br>Entered Pilot with [[Merlin]]|Entered with [[Apollo]]|Entered with [[Apollo]]|Did not enter|'''Featherweight Championship, Round 1'''<br>Entered with [[Gladiator]], [[Chroma]] and [[Hades]]}}
+''NOTE: [[Monte]], a robot built by Team MAD, was also loaned to [[Robo Challenge|Paul Streeter]] in order to enter the 2016 pilot''
+==Outside Robot Wars==
+[[File:Flybot mk2.jpg|thumb|Flybot Mk2]]
+After Flybot's appearance on ''Robot Wars'', Dave Young built a successor, '''Flybot Mk2''', a wedge-shaped featherweight running on two wheels, providing an invertible drive system.
 {{Featherweights}}
 [[Category:Featherweights]]
+[[Category:UK Series competitors]]
 [[Category:Robots from Leicestershire]]
 [[Category:Robots with Lifters]]
-[[Category:UK Series competitors]]
+[[Category:Robots which debuted in Extreme 2]]
-[[Category:One-time Losers]]
+[[Category:Robots which lost their only battle]]
+[[Category:Robots which only fought in Extreme 2]]