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Re: Propulsion that does not involve driving wheels

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Originally Posted by gorrilla View Post
I dont think FIRST would let a team have a large,SHARP!, spinning object on the robots, i mean they already get on us about the sharp corners.....


imagine what would happen if there was a collision, and the fan blade shattered and sent pieces flying everywere
you could get around that by buying a off the shelf floor fan or something like it that comes with its own cage and just use its motor (might break a few rules unsure tho) or rip out the motor use the fan blades and cage and power it with CIMS
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