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Re: Flywheel minibot

No I haven't done the math or prototyped it. I'm just thinking out loud, but it seems feasible. Especially if you could power it before deployment. I have an idea that could attach it to the pole but seems very iffy at this velocity. The big problem is you would need 20 of these every competition, because it's not going to end well. I threw it out here because even though it technically meets the rules, it's too dangerous and wouldn't pass the safety test - so it's interesting. Plus it would likely break the target. There may be a toned down safer concept of this in some way, but I'm not seeing it yet. I got this idea from looking at 233's ramp.
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