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Originally Posted by kick3nitx360
what is with all of these teams using fans, i find them to be too unreliable and lack the stearing cabilites, but sure go ahead and use them
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Before you critisize the use of fans you should look into their usefullness.
The fans that we will be using (in 1729) are two 16" 8 pitch props that will give us 4.8 LBs of thrust each ... thats a total of 9.6LBs of additional thrust. I believe S.P.A.M.s propeller gives them a bitmore than 10 LBs of additional thrust.
If you consider that your robot will typically have between 9 and 15 LBs of thrust from the wheels (depending on whos' numbers you believe) this is a significant increase and can be a great advantage if the drivers can utilize that extra thrust.
Let me know what you think of the propellers after the regionals. Personally, I believe that there will be a propeller assisted robot on Einstien this year.