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Originally Posted by Eria4044
Hvae any of you ever read the Jumbo Book of Duct Tape? Very quotable, and it may give you some ideas for a robot. Who would've thought that you could make a helicopter out of electric fans and a lawn chair?
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How about a hovercraft?
FIRST had a tradition back in the early 90's for fielding "The Placebo". Due to the limited number of teams, a bot was fielded by FIRST to fill the space, yet not really accomplish much during the match. (The was before the concept of alliances was introduced, each team was for itself)
The three Placebo's I directly experianced were
1998 - The Box. The last Placebo, just a plywood box that sat on the field
1997 - The Cleaner. A vacuum cleaner outfited with motors and a radiocontrol unit. Actually managed to score some points. (Our team would always throw some Torroids on the handle to score the Placebo some points)
1996 - Hovercraft. First using only the Kit of parts (Plus two extra drill motors) created a hovercraft.
They're were others before those years, but I wasn't in FIRST then.