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- From: yee@edison.seas.ucla.edu (John Yee)
- Newsgroups: comp.robotics
- Subject: Table top Hovercraft know how wanted.
- Message-ID: <8722@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 11:43:40 GMT
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- Organization: SEASnet, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Hello robot builders, have you any experience making small, say 6" diameter
- maximum, hovercraft? If so, please post/email your experiences.
-
- I wish to do just this, but my first prototype consisting of a surplus
- cooling fan mounted over a hole in a plastic base does not even get off
- the ground, and so I am looking to order more powerful fans. However, some
- of the fans are listed with pressure differentials in mmHg, (another maker
- lists "static pressure in H2O"), and also they list CFM (cubic feet of air
- per minute) up to say about 77 for the small size (max 3" dia) I am looking for.
- So, should I go for highest pressure differential, or highest CFM.
- The confounding thing is that not all makers list both CFM and pressure,
- sometimes it is one or the other, making comparisons difficult.
-
- Thanks for your help,
-
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