Thread: Team Update #11
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Unread 24-02-2011, 16:48
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Re: Team Update #11
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Originally Posted by Bill_B View Post
It is quite possible, likely even, that GDC had no idea how these motors would react to the devil-may-care "design" work done by our enthusiastic high-schoolers.
FTC teams have been burning these motors out since Tetrix replaced VEX. Before abandoning FTC after last season, we had a bag of about 20 dead Tetrix motors -- a combination of motors that had burned out, had broken gear heads, and or had snapped-off power tabs. If FIRST didn't know about it, it's because they never asked FTC teams. I'm not quite so sure it is the GDC's fault.

All you FRC teams should make sure to have plenty of spares. The gear heads are just about as likely to fail as the motors are to burn out during a stall.
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