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Originally Posted by Éowyn
Methinks Qbranch is having his leg pulled.  |
Leg pulled or not, you've got my interest. Using
this fan as a basis of calculation (since it fits inside the robot footprint), it actually could work.
A CIM motor puts out about 250Wo mechanical, comfortably. This fan standardly uses a 1hp=746Wo mechanical motor, so three CIM motors would run the fan at it's full 8,400cfm rate, or 10.5lb of air every second at around 40mph. This means you're providing a thrust of 85.164696N or 19.1457853 pounds force. AKA, THE BALL WILL HOVER.
Okay, now i'm too worn out to tell you how high, but I can tell you, it will hover above the fan.
I sooooooooo want you to do this!!!!!!!!!!!
-q