pic: Spam 180 robot

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by kick3nitx360

what is with all of these teams using fans, i find them to be too unreliable and lack the stearing cabilites, but sure go ahead and use them

Before you critisize the use of fans you should look into their usefullness.

The fans that we will be using (in 1729) are two 16" 8 pitch props that will give us 4.8 LBs of thrust each ... thats a total of 9.6LBs of additional thrust. I believe S.P.A.M.s propeller gives them a bitmore than 10 LBs of additional thrust.

If you consider that your robot will typically have between 9 and 15 LBs of thrust from the wheels (depending on whos' numbers you believe) this is a significant increase and can be a great advantage if the drivers can utilize that extra thrust.

Let me know what you think of the propellers after the regionals. Personally, I believe that there will be a propeller assisted robot on Einstien this year.