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Re: pic: Jake Blues Front

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Originally Posted by Rich Kressly View Post
The fan is used during the match when quickness and precise turning are necessary - which was quite frequently during elimination matches.
There's another important time where quickness is imperative -- the first few seconds of a match. Even with the time it takes to spin up to full thrust, the extra boost from the propeller gets the TechnoKats' robot out of easy targeting range in a jiffy. I haven't gone over the video yet, but I don't think I ever saw more than two moon rocks thrown into Jake's trailer during autonomous, and it seemed that half the time the trailer was empty until well into teleoperated.
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