MagLev Vehicle B/C

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Jocool wrote:a test for MagLev? i don't think so.
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I lost my rules for B division MagLev vehicle. (2010) :( Just one question, what is the maximum hight and width (if there is one) of the vehicle? Thanks a bunch.
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New York 2011 Division B rules ^^^^^
if you just looked at the top of the page
2010: 5th in NYS
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Anyone have suggestions for propellors?
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Jocool wrote:i would use plastic propellers. You should bring your own pencils, but the judge will usually have one just in case.
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Jocool wrote:i would use plastic propellers. You should bring your own pencils, but the judge will usually have one just in case.
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Right, I was hoping for a little more detail :P. There's a lot of plastic propellers out there, and anything aerodynamics is way over my head.
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We're trying to experiment now but the propellers we have don't all have the same hub size, which is slowing us down quite a bit.
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I would use three blade plastic propellers, and try to glue more plastic pieces to them to increase surface area.
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The cheap little 2" plastic props seem woefully inadequate for accomplishing anything useful. Speaking of which, anyone have a reliable method of attaching a prop to a shaft that's too small? I tried some adhesive stuff that seems to be holding, but it probably wouldn't survive transportation.
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I haven't tried it yet, but I think you could do it with some rubber tubing that just fits over your axle. It's elastic, so it wouldn't have to fit perfectly.

Where did you get your cheap plastic props?
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