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Re: Minibot climb rate

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
So... we saw smoke when we made our bare bones minibot try to climb, with a modest overgear (0.5:1). These things can't be stalled for even a half second, apparently? I have no idea what smoked or whether or not the motors still worked, but if the motors are that delicate...
Same here, the motors start to smoke pretty fast. Wonder if any real damage was done... check the resistance of the non-smoked motor, and then check the motor that smoked for any difference? this might work...hmm...