[EricH]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

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.

The R/C airplanes don't get hit either, at all (other than maybe on a hard landing or a midair collision). It's not the props getting hit that we're worried about, it's the robot getting hit and jarring around.