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Re: Possibly Ruined All Four Jaguars

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Originally Posted by Dale View Post
Also, we've learned the hard way to be carefull about going full forward to instantly full reverse on the drive system. We blew all four of our Jaguars when our programmers decided to "stress test" the robot before they had ramping code included. We did indeed find the week spot in the chain...the Jaguars.

wow, what wheels were you using, we have a pretty vicious gear ratio and we break traction and slide before we stall anything. we are 12.34 - 1 with 6 inch traction wheels.