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Re: How can we drive on this new floor?

What if we did a air boat type drive train. where we take a floor fan gut the motor and replace it with a shaft and a belt drive to a few CIMS (or direct connect). Then our wheels would be attached to casters. To steer we would have directional flaps powered by servos on the back.

+: could defend the trailer if powerful enough, takes away some traction problem.

-: stopping could be an issue (but thats what brakes are for), and the power of the fan could not be powerful enough to move the robot.
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