It is interesting though. Blendo had such an advantage over the other machines for example they were allowed to spin up before the start of the fight. This is why it did not even win one single fight in Battlebots - back in the days they used to start it with a drill - by the start of the fight it was already up to a high speed.

Although how much power did Blendo have in relation to modern FBSs like Typhoon? Apparentely it spun over 500 RPM was 1.5 metres in diameter and weighed 150 pounds (total robot mass)

Andrew - I only pointed out the thread on the RW Forum as I thought that it was good reading. In addition, take into consideration that these posts were made back in 1998 when FBS were not commonplace. It is very interesting in some respects especially the American competitors opinions of the Mentorn events :P