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Originally posted by Suneet
5 JPL engineers of your team? That's totally awesome! We're sponsored by JPL, but they don't give us engineering help... I wish they did...
I was wondering. The way the wheels are mounted on thse rovers... where's the motor? Is it in the wheel? I don't see where else it could be... Just curious.
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The 5 engineers was last year. Now we're down to three of them and they won't be able to help us nearly as much. You receive money from JPL? or do you mean the NASA grant for the LA area?
The motors are very very small and geared down a bunch. They are about equal or smaller in size than the Johnson ones provided in the FRC kit. There is one motor and gear train per wheel and yes, they do sit inside the wheel on the suspension arm thingy.
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