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Re: Resilience of Motors using PID

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
Could you add some surgical tubing to relieve some of the load?

As usual, Ether is wise and full of knowy goodness. Achieving "neutral buoyancy" through the use of surgical tubing, springs, spring steel, or some other deformation is a great way to assist your motors so that they act more effectively, more efficiently, and more robustly.
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