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Originally Posted by Littlepchan
I know it is an opposing viewpoint, but I like the challenge of getting the airplane to the curtain. In fact my plan was to buy a small buzzer motor that goes in a phone, 3d print a small propeller, attach a small dime battery, throw it, and be done.
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Please do not add anything non-paper to a paper aeroplane. No matter what you say, there is a significant risk of the paper planes hitting someone, I'd rather not be hit by a plane at all and definitely one with the added weight of a prop, motor and battery. Our team was almost constantly hit with planes coming from near the top of the stands last year.
Just think of it this way, if there are 600 teams at Champs and each team has 20 students at the event, if each student throws a single plane that is 12000 paper planes. It is a huge waste, and massive inconvenience to the event staff and to members of the FIRST community down on the arena floor.