Spinner Explodes in Slow Mo: Phantom II vs Chunky Monkey

I never uploaded this CIRC 2018 fight, but I just recently rewatched it and realized how sick the slow motion footage is and had to upload it. Enjoy!
A bit of explanation: you all may remember the fight against Death Wobble that dislodged the weapon axle and caused the blade to fly straight at the camera. At that point, I didn't realize the full extent of the damage to the weapon axle hubs, so I just put the weapon back on and called it good. I decided to try my luck out-pushing D2s, which worked against Sparrow. When it didn't work in this fight, I decided to try spinning up, and discovered leftover damage from Death Wobble.
These weapon retention issues were the reason that I switched to a big shoulder bolt as a weapon axle, so that the head of the bolt retains the axle instead of two tiny set screws. There's still work to be done on perfecting that setup, though.

[@Steampunk659]

Apex be like

[@teamgetwreckedcombatrobots776]

God I love Phantom II. I can’t wait to see it on TV as Bloodsport’s minibot for the 2019 Battlebots season!

[@Lumakid100]

That's the minibot?

[@BlackLightningRobotics]

Thumb War (the minibot) is actually a separate robot, but it's made from the retired 2017 frame of Phantom II and shares the same basic design. m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2357826510943501&id=764216060304562