Thread: Victor Syncing
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Re: Victor Syncing

The most common use is to stick two CIM's into a toughbox or CIMple box and run them with two separate victors or jaguars, which are then signaled through a Y cable. While Dale is right in that it won't solve all the problems, it's good enough. The CIM's will run close to the same speed, although it's almost guaranteed that one will want to go slightly faster than the other if you just had it free spinning. In that case, the slower motor would act as a drag on the faster motor... but the speeds are so close you wouldn't notice anything. Under load (aka when attached to wheels and driving around), the actual work being done by the motors is going to be a larger drag than any small difference between the motors, and you'll end up seeing them operate at the same speed, but overall providing about double the torque when compared to running a single motor.

So, if your using the same motors, running in the same direction, you won't see any real difference, and the difference that is there is typically negligible.