Fans/Propellers - Are you doing them?

Jared Russell · #1 26-01-2009, 09:11

The amount of room occupied by fans and the necessary guards are what deterred us from pursuing this idea further.

DonRotolo · #2 26-01-2009, 22:33

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.

AHS1599 · #3 27-01-2009, 12:54

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...

View Poll Results: Are you going to use a fan/ propeller on your robot for thrust?
Yes, fans for everyone	11	8.73%
No	107	84.92%
Maybe	8	6.35%
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