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107 | 84.92% |
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#2
26-01-2009, 09:11
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Re: Fans/Propellers - Are you doing them?
The amount of room occupied by fans and the necessary guards are what deterred us from pursuing this idea further.
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26-01-2009, 22:33
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Re: Fans/Propellers - Are you doing them?
Although our team has many fans
 we won't be using them for propulsion (not at this point, at least) primarily because of the safety and noise aspects.
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27-01-2009, 12:54
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Re: Fans/Propellers - Are you doing them?
We did some tests in the first week with a prototype on the actual floor material with the correct wheels. While it did move the bot, it was inefficient so we opted for a different design...
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