Hovercraft

[dtengineering]

Originally Posted by smartkid

I personally also brought that idea to the table, before the idea of a hovercraft. But after reading R06 a few times a vacuum under the bot would be considered a "traction device" would it not?

I'd tend to think of it as a "normal force increasing device". Technically the vacuum would not provide any traction... it would merely increase the force acting on the wheels allowing them to provide enhanced traction.

I believe the Q&A needs to answer this one, though,

Jason