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[mtrawls]

In the classical system, as I understand it, a pound of force is the force gravity makes on an object whose mass is one pound of mass.

If you have to talk about force in the classical system, I suggest you use the unit of force called the slug.

Whoa! Physics is confusing enough without confusing the terms "mass" and "weight." Let's get things straight. The POUND is the unit of FORCE in the Imperial (British) system. Weight is defined to be W = mg, which is a force vector. Weight is then a force, and the POUND is also a unit of WEIGHT. The SLUG is the unit of MASS in the Imperial system. Here on Earth, where g=32ft/s/s, assuming that the robot is short enough that g does not change drastically (probably a safe assumption assuming the height limit!), then we can convert between weight and mass relatively easy (W=mg) -- but beware not to confuse the two in a physics equation, or in your understanding. If all that sounded a bit confusing (too many wierd names ... afterall, who's heard of a slug?) ... that's why we use the metric system (well, I guess not many more have heard of a Newton, but that's inconsequential).

[IronSlayTallica]

maybe if you use 26000 muffin fans.

Do you know the muffin fan...

[Frank(Aflak)]

Originally Posted by IronSlayTallica

maybe if you use 26000 muffin fans.

Do you know the muffin fan...

that would be less airworthy than our robot last year (which is saying lots).

Because a muffin fan cannot lifta a muffin fan. 26000 muffin fans cannot lift 26000 muffin fans.

[Guyute]

most engines out there aren't capable of lifting even themselves straight up. in order to build a flying robot, you would have to use ever shred of power to lift it, leaving none availble for things like, oh, drivetrains, ball grabbers, etc.

- Frank(Aflak)



who said that we were going to have a drive train or ball grabbers...our pure intention to this would be to control the bar 100% i'm not going to go into depth on how we will do that specifically, but its going to be done.