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Originally Posted by Brandon_L
Were having a big problem...
The entire setup works, but the motors like to lock up and when they do we have to put full power on them for them to unlock. The result being the arm slamming into our frame or flying into the air. Motors also tend to heat up a bit when this happens, but nothing extreme. We have two bungee cords down the back as a counterweight.
What did you guys do to prevent it from locking? We don't have a clue 
EDIT:
I saw someone mentioning that having a jaguar controlling the arm might be doing something. I don't know if this is true, but we are using two jaguars. |
We had a jaguar running our lift mechanism on a window motor and it was locking up as you've described, probably once every few up-down translations. Switched to a Victor and no further problems.
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