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Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain
I'm holding off on showing my idea until competition but I will say that none of that is an issue. My idea in itself is completely legal. I'm not sure how the R55 rule applies though, could you elaborate?
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I would interpret <R55> as disallowing any modification of a Victor. Removing the fan is a modification. I can't find a rule that requires connecting the fan 12V and GND leads, though. So I guess you don't have to use the fan, but you still can't take it off.
As a side note, the fan serves a necessary function apart from cooling. It partially shields the FET tabs (which are electrically common to the Drain terminal) from metal objects that might cause them to short-circuit to each other.
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