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Re: Propulsion that does not involve driving wheels
we have begun to descus the options of a fan boat type effect, but u have to remember those huge fan boats have very poor acceleration on the water, and from what we saw in the kickoff video the robots could accelerate just with some slipping and stuff. the fan you would use on your robot would be even smaller, and probally have less power to work with you can only pull 40 amps at max. the fans ability seems doubtful to be any better than wheels.