How can we drive on this new floor?

[pinkanese]

Originally Posted by Zyck_titan

So here's my basic Idea for anyone who was following, Use a fan or such to provide thrust downward, or basically a (much) lower pressure area underneath the bot, the result (hopefully) would be more weight force downwards, making up for that lost weight force from the low traction, I'm not entirely sure exactly how to implement, and I'm not bothering to run the math on how much airflow is required to make up even say 200 lbs, but something like this might be sufficient,

any thoughts?

I have one, the fan in the link draws 8a of current and the hardware we have can only take 3/4a. Also I am thinking that there is little way of creating enough force to hold the robot to the Crater. One of my team mates did the math and estimated that you will need to move over 900 cubic feet of air per minute . It might very well be possible to use a fan to create more downforce, I know it has been done in racing, but the question is going to be one of how much weight can you spare to add it in, how much room do you have for it, and more importantly can you spare that mush energy from your system to power it and all the other essential items.