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[woody]

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Found this link on the RFL Forum.

http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=HydroFoam&width=640http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=HydroFoam&width=640

http://www.michaelconnally.com/http://www.michaelconnally.com/

[typhoon_driver]

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now thats sweet!

Reminds me of the lawn mower that was flying about a while back

[anukhet]

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Never mind about the cat product - heres how to ensure your ferret enjoys Xmas with the rest of the family (3rd item)
http://www.jefferspet.com/ssc/products.asp?CID=0&mscssid=V4PK6123EF0D9GHKXX1K0GB BA9KLEBQ4&area=&BrowseList=599&dept_id=600&r=1http://www.jefferspet.com/ssc/produc...F0D9GHKXX1K0GB BA9KLEBQ4&area=&BrowseList=599&dept_id=600&r=1
Now that IS sweet

[anukhet]

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Check my profile for Tony Somerfields new mascot

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Ok, thats the Hydro-Foam shot straight to the top of my Christmas list - just need to persuade my parents (no chance)

[anukhet]

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I want one too....please santa Im a good girl really

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Could be an interesting tactic for a battle - a big angry spinner is coming towards you, about to smash you up. Doomed? No chance - just take off and circle the arena and hope that his batteries die before yours. Battle won (Provided it isnt outlawed by the rules :P)

[geoff]

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To quote a line from Mr Will Smith.....

I gotta get me one of these!

They look like serious fun!
(Wonder where you can get one??)

[geoff]

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Lenny,
This is what the FRA build rules say on the subject! I think 3.1.6. & 3.2 cover it!..Sorry!

3. Mobility
3.1.
All Robots must have (easily visible mobility) in order to compete. Methods of mobility include:
3.1.1.
Rolling (wheels or the whole robot)
3.1.2.
Walking (linear actuated legs)
3.1.3.
Shuffling (rotational cam operated legs)
3.1.4.
Ground effect air cushions (hovercrafts)
3.1.5.
Jumping and hopping (although the height may be limited by each event due to arena safety constraints)
3.1.6.
Flying (helium balloons, ornithopters, etc.)(Currently flying robots are not allowed unless prior approval by the event has been granted.)
3.2
Robots are not permitted to use exposed rotating aerofoil, rocket or jet propulsion methods.

[ewan]

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Come to think of it, the possibilities of a flying 6kg robot are really good please someone make one as it would be just so cool

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Ah nuts, thats my plan outta the window. Might as well stick to a wheeled robot and hope for the best

[geoff]

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I have been thinking...Provided that you only skim the arena floor, say at a height of no more than 100mm then you could conceivably argue that you are taking advantage of a strange aerodynamic property called ground effect.
Back during the cold war the Russians succeeded in flying a 500 ton jet powered boat I recall it was called an Accranoplan (spelling??) at a height of 2 or 3 meters above the water using what amounted to a cushion of high pressure air that formed under the craft above a certain critical speed.

Now, by using that premis you may get round rule 3.1.6. by claiming that rule 3.1.4. should in fact apply.
also if you could put the propeller in some sort of shroud you could also claim that you can comply with the exposed rotating aerofoil element of rule 3.2 !

There you go Lenny, all is not lost!

[RogueTwoRobots]

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Woohoo! lol. I doubt whether my level of engineering (which is practically non-existent) is good enough to develop such a craft - though it could make an interesting project when I start uni

[bex]

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Lol your level of engineering as to be more existent than mine...i think i just about know how to use a drill LOL... i not get very far *giggles*

[jonr]

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http://www.racingfrogz.orgwww.racingfrogz.org

J.