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Originally Posted by EricH
Sorry, but Q&A got to that one pretty quickly when it was brought up. http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=11025
Yeah, it's intended to deflect incoming moon rocks. But I can almost guarantee you that at least one inspector per event will not allow the up-angle. (Most likely the lead inspector, but could be another one.) It's going to be really hard to build a deflection system that works using air jets, because it has to be horizontal. That said, anyone who does a fully legal one deserves at least a Xerox Creativity Award. |
Yeah and the thing is, we tried dropping the ball right in front of the full spinning prop that you can see in the video and it moved maybe an inch? Even quadrupling the air output wouldn't do enough to deflect it away. Now if you could magically get the camera to track incoming balls and have a redirect able air funnel from the prop to shoot at the ball.. you could do it. But, you might have a lot of fun getting that one to work.
-Greg