Thread: Homemade resitor
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Re: Homemade resitor
It is likely that it would pass inspection. But again the question is why you want a resistor on the minibot? It serves no purpose other than to slow you down with the additional weight and I can't believe you have enough resistance in your wad of 18ga wire to make a significant difference.

As has been discussed here many times putting the motor in "brake" mode via shunting it's terminals together is very effective. If your minibot doesn't back drive after it's collision with the trigger then a 4 way switch can be used to put one motor in "brake" mode while having the other drive reverse.