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Re: Mattress Pump

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Originally Posted by cad321 View Post
We put one on our bot at world's in 2013 to make an inflatable Frisbee blocking device. It was just a craftsman bed pump we got one night at the local walmart. We swapped a 550 into it and worked perfectly.
I wasn't around for the Ultimate Ascent, and this got me thinking. If you could get enough air moving, could you create a "deflector shield" in front of the opposing goal? Even just playing one on one defense, a strong blast of air would have knocked the frisbees off track. Does anyone remember if any teams tried this or was it illegal?
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