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Originally Posted by efoote868
didn't think of it that way... interesting (hmm... maybe we should use a hover craft?  )
Would emptying your pneumatics cylinders be sufficient? |
Sufficient for what, exactly? There are lot of designs and depending on which you're specifically talking about, it means different things.
If you've got a no-skirt or open-skirt approach, you need a constant amount of air being pushed down to keep the robot pushed up. A no skirt approach requires enough air to lift your robot being forced down at all times. An open skirt requires only enough air to replace the air that's escaping, to maintain pressure while air escapes. Depending on how you work your pneumatics... *shrug*
Closed skirts are fun because you don't actually have to do any air work if you don't want to. By the robot, any way. You could pressurize them back in your stall, attach them, and run. What propels the silly bot is up to you, preferably more air though
If you're going with inflating-deflating closed skirts, as mentioned by TG, you're going to need to be able to extract and force air into the skirts at all times. Imagine having to control the size of 3 balloons on your robot. It's not exactly easy, but doable.