25-01-2012, 20:50
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likes to look at shiny things...
 FRC #5148 (New Berlin Blitz) Team Role: Engineer
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: Waukesha, WI
Posts: 344
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Re: "Compressed Air" vs. "High Pressure Blower"
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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
And from an enforcement point of view, how is a referee supposed to know when a ducted, vectoring fan is exerting a downward force, and when it's just thrusting horizontally or off? Failing that, under what authority would FIRST have asked inspectors to disapprove of that mechanism? It was completely unworkable.
Let's hope it's never an issue again....
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Amen to that!!
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