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Re: Awkward macnum drive issues

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Originally Posted by dShad View Post
The purpose of the code is to reduce the speed of the drive system to make it more manageable for our driver. Is this the proper way to do it or is there something I'm missing that would cause the motors to unbalance voltage wise?
I hope you're not planning on leaving that in there for competition.

By limiting your joystick output to +/-0.25 you are severely limiting the output from your motors.

It would be better to gear the motors down some more so they could operate at full voltage.


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