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Originally Posted by domoarigato
So, this definitely counts as blocking/obstructing your trailer. We thought about this idea, but scrapped it because it IS illegal.
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No, Team 45's Fan was not made with the intention of blocking the trailer. If you notice it forces air parallel to the ground so it wouldn't be very effective at blocking balls traveling in a downward arc into their trailer.
However, They use the fan for propulsion. It gives them extra thrust so that they can accelerate and move faster without having to worry about the lack of friction, also it gives them a substantial advantage on the amount of pinning force they have.
And also this fan is legal because it doesn't increase the amount of normal force the robot exerts because once again it blows parallel to the ground not perpendicular to it.
Btw, 45 Congrats on proving a lot of people wrong. Apparently fans do work on the moon.
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01-03-2009, 13:30
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