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Re: chassis ideas swerve

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye610 View Post
I would not suggest using banebots on your steering. They have a tendency to short circuit and cause your robot to time out in matches for about 30 seconds. Putting them in the drivetrain would just worsen this problem because they would be exposed to a lot of debris, which is the cause of this problem. it's really easy to fix the shorts on the banebots, but they would be difficult to access in your drive system and you would have to fix the short every match because of the level of dirt and debris they would be exposed to.
Thanks for the heads up. Would the window motors work? Or should we go with pnuematic motors like 1717?
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