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Re: Hovercraft?

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well, don't 6-wheel designs tilt somewhat too (with the "dipped" wheels)?
and, for that matter, any bot with center of gravity issues is likely to tilt/fall over too.

Who knows, maybe it'll be a water game, and hovercrafts will be all the rage
The difference between tilting a bit, and tilting as much as 60-70 degrees

edit: DO I HEAR ROBOTIC WATER POLO?!?!?!
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Re: Hovercraft?

lol.

60-70 degrees? thats not even possible

If the air bubble you're riding on is low enough to the ground, it shouldn't be that much of a problem. A hovercraft is still a hovercraft if you're floating 1/32 in off the ground, or 20 feet off the ground. The less you're off the ground, the less you can (really) tilt.

Besides, if someone pushes you, you won't really tilt, as much as float away..............
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Re: Hovercraft?

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lol.

60-70 degrees? thats not even possible

If the air bubble you're riding on is low enough to the ground, it shouldn't be that much of a problem. A hovercraft is still a hovercraft if you're floating 1/32 in off the ground, or 20 feet off the ground. The less you're off the ground, the less you can (really) tilt.

Besides, if someone pushes you, you won't really tilt, as much as float away..............
Unless you're deflating and inflating skirts, which will naturally induce tilt. Though depending on your height, 60-70 degrees is quite impossible or possible I was thinking about a robot higher off the ground than I realized at the time would be practical.
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Re: Hovercraft?

But you guys are all forgetting, this year is going to be a water game

In all seriousness, as cool as a hovercarft would be, the robot's pushing power would be so impaired that you couldn't go through with the design- competitively. But, it would be awesome enough that doing well with it wouldn't matter
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Re: Hovercraft?

haha, it probably would "inspire" a new award, or at least automatically get the Xerox Creativity Award.
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