pic: Jake Blues Front

[Rich Kressly]

Originally Posted by Protronie

Okay... a fan drive bot. Kewl!
Congrats on the wins and build such a tough bot to beat.
Good luck with the rest of the season!
-p

Not entirely fan driven. 45 has an excellent and robust "regular" drive system as well. The fan is used during the match when quickness and precise turning are necessary - which was quite frequently during elimination matches. As Sean said earlier, simply too strong and maneuverable for most at the DC Regional to play head-to-head against.

[Mr MOE]

Awesome bot and a great bot to watch on the Regolith! Fast, powerful, and manueverable - the Kats came up with a great solution for Lunacy. Best of luck (if you need it) over the rest of the season.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly

The fan is used during the match when quickness and precise turning are necessary - which was quite frequently during elimination matches.

There's another important time where quickness is imperative -- the first few seconds of a match. Even with the time it takes to spin up to full thrust, the extra boost from the propeller gets the TechnoKats' robot out of easy targeting range in a jiffy. I haven't gone over the video yet, but I don't think I ever saw more than two moon rocks thrown into Jake's trailer during autonomous, and it seemed that half the time the trailer was empty until well into teleoperated.