Thread: Commets on these drive trains
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Re: Commets on these drive trains
There are lots of possibilities for fans to be used in this game. You should be able, as part of your presentation to your team, however, to be able to estimate how much thrust your fan could develop. The power available to your robot is similar to that available to many radio control airplanes, so you might want to look around in some RC forums for software or empirical data to help you estimate how much thrust you might get. I would suggest that you not ignore the 9 pounds of tractive force that you can get from driving the wheels.

In the second design you probably don't want to leave the front wheels undriven. Depending on where your centre of gravity is you may be giving up 1/3 or more of your robot's pushing/turning abilities.

Jason