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Re: Legality of third party fans

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Originally Posted by ratdude747 View Post
Yes, but the issue still stands. Even with a proper skirt, I don't think these fans could generate enough air pressure to sustain a cushion under their own weight. All they are meant to do is provide some cooling breeze... the fan shrouds are too loose and the motors too wimpy. Vacuum cleaners are meant to flow a lot more air; they're more or less hovercrafts in reverse. Hence why they can be made into hovercrafts.
So maybe you have to put these fans in series to get enough pressure to provide the air cushion you'd need to be a hovercraft... ...at some point someone is going to say, "challenge accepted" and actually try to build this thing just because...

...don't make me do this...

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