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Re: Turbulence

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Originally Posted by I'mwithstupid^
how does using suction take up an more power than blowing???????? the air that comes out of the blowing end had to come from some where! so if it shoots out of a collar at 220 mph, if u switched the direction of the rotation of the fan than it should suck at the same speed.
I assume with sucking you'd want to grab the ball for yourself. With blowing you only wanted to knock it off course. The robot hopper is a much more specific location than "anywhere but the goal". And even if you could pull the ball into your robot you need even more power, or less simple design, to keep it there. i can just imagine the ball bouncing off and going into the goal anyway