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Re: Propulsion that does not involve driving wheels

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Originally Posted by Rossetto07 View Post
Our team did some tests to see if a leaf blower could deflect an incoming cell, but we had very little success even though the leafblower was significantly stronger than any fan that a 12V CIM could power. The design of the balls just doesn't have enough surface area for them to be affected by air movement.

Too bad.
I like the idea of vacuum ground effect, and blower deflecting the balls too.
However, the Q&A could reject air-reaction concept for all purposes as being against the spirit of the game, since there is no air on the moon.