UpForce

[Frank(Aflak)]

Originally Posted by Mercutio

D'oh! Frank(Aflak) posted what i was going to say as i was typing! That happens to me WAY too much...

Actually, if your prop wound down in midair the bot might not crash. You'll start sinking slowly at first as the force from the prop got below 130 lbf, and then you'd accelerate faster and faster. It all depends on how fast the prop winds down.

Now if your prop got jammed and stopped in midair...

No, it would still lead to a vicious crash . . . you see, when the prop winds down from giving more than you weight to giving a force equal to your weight . . . your robot is still going upwards, so that yes, your prop will slow your descent . . . but you will still hit pretty hard. Hard enough to bend thin driveshafts, break bearing blocks, tweak frames, etc.

It would be cool to see.

and the robot doesn't need ot be 130 lbs, but when he says 'how to get an upforce of 130lbs" we are assuming he is talking about moving a 130lbs platform.

Everything we said still applies, just change the numbers.