Backlash drove around the back of the beaten robot, and hit it once more, ripping out Disposable Hero's electronics. Backlash lined up another shot with the blade, this time ripping off the front forks. It continued moving, with its battery barely connected, and Backlash hit it again in the side, sending its motor flying across the BattleBox. It managed to dodge Backlash's disc twice before being hit squarely in the front, sending it flying.

The match began with Disposable Hero backing away from the rapidly approaching Backlash. Disposable Hero wasn't 100 percent complete for the battle, but the team decided to fight anyway. Its first opponent in BattleBots was Disposable Hero. It also had a new battery system and interchangeable weaponry, although only one disk was used for two fights.īacklash hits Disposable Hero, sending it flying.Īfter a promising performance at BotBash 2000, Backlash was one of the lightweights to look out for in Season 1.0 of BattleBots. Backlash had new motors again, this time being a 3' S28 Magmotor motor for weapons, and an Astroflight motor for drive.

The biggest difference is that it could now drive inverted, a problem that Backlash has had in the past. The most upgraded Backlash was during Season 5.0. Backlash had now more traction thanks to its new tires, and now was being controlled by a Issac 16 controller and Victor speed controllers. Its armor was upgraded to 7075 aluminum, and had another new titanium weapon disc. Along with that, Backlash had a new motor, batteries, and a new shape to the bot where it was hard to tip over.īacklash was yet again redesigned for Season 4.0. It had new 2400mah NiCads batteries and wheels.īacklash had stronger and thicker armor, while slightly reducing the rear wedge length in Season 3.0, it also had a brand new disc that had more power than the original.

Backlash had also ditched the original 'boxy' style of the bot and now had a smoother design. Backlash also has a wedge for deflecting spinners blows and keeping balance.įor Season 2.0, Backlash's armor was upgraded to 6061 aluminum, and fastened together by welds and grade 8 bolts. Backlash is fully made up of aluminized steel and has heavy duty rubber wheels. It was a four wheel drive silver robot with a 1/4 thick aluminum spinning disc, powered by a Hawker Odyssey 12v battery and controlled by a Vantec speed controller (RDFR23). The first version of Backlash in the pits.īacklash was designed to be a smaller version of their heavyweight competitor, Nightmare, and had the same weapon system-a spinning flywheel with two metal bludgeoners.

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