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Re: Do you think air currents will be an issue?

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Originally Posted by team1165wins View Post
There would probably be the air coming from robots moving fast, and if the carpet is dark, (or any other color...black has more) there will be really small thermal updrafts. Otherwise, there won't be any fans blowing. If you get a good spin on the Frisbee, that is all that is needed to keep in the air.
A defensive robot may use a fan to intentionally misdirect the frisbees. I don't know how effective this would be, but I remember some bots used ducted fans in Lunacy.
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