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Re: Banebots RS-775 Case Short

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Originally Posted by Karthik View Post
Four brand new motors arrived today. All shorted. I'd call this the first sign of trouble...

http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg736/sca...=640&ysize=640

We will not be using any RS-775 motors this year.
We ordered 2 775's and 15 550's. 550's were all good, both 775's were bad. We are definitely not using 775's this year.

My kids followed your lead and did the same...

We used 775's all last year and had zero issues till the offseason and offseason presentations. Its pretty embarrassing when your robot won't work in front of a sponsor who donates over ($5,000) a year due to case shorts... We fixed the issue by swapping to a new 775.

Chris and others, 550's are some awesome motors and the cimulator/p60's are awesome as well. Don't rule out a supplier because of one issue, I know its a big issue but 550 are very good motors.

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