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Re: Does Your Team Use 4 CIMs on Your Drive?

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Originally Posted by JamesCH95 View Post
Extra drive motors might help a small amount with acceleration and other dynamic situations, but IMO 4 CIMs can accelerate a full-weight robot very well, even with high gearing.
I suppose it depends on your definition of high gearing, but we have had robots in the 18-20 FPS range that accelerate sluggishly.

If you want to run a max weight robot at those kinds of speeds your acceleration will suffer with only 4 CIMs.
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