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Unread 05-02-2009, 18:40
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Re: For those who are skeptical about propellers - Team 2526

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
RC airplanes aren't hit by other things very often.
A properly mounted propeller on an FRC bot shouldn't ever get hit at all. If they are mounted out in the open like the prototype in the first item in this thread -- that's unsafe and negligent. I was assuming (I know, I know) that it would be properly protected from ball-strikes and other structural indignities.
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