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Re: BaneBots

We ran two 775 on our robot without issue. Luckily, out of 5 or so motors that we got, only one had a short, and the two that we did use never developed shorts. But, even if they had shorted out, it is unlikely that they would have caused much trouble at all since they were isolated from the frame by fisher-price transmissions.
Fisher price transmissions, conveniently, already have mounting holes for a 700 sized motor. Also, since the gears and casing are plastic, and not metal, the motors are isolated. It was plenty powerful too. At one point we bent a 5/8" anodized aluminum jackshaft and split a steel sprocket into three pieces when our robot got hung up on the scoring grid (fixed in between matches by replacing the damaged parts and by adding a polycarbonate plate under the arm so it would slide off the pegs).
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