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Re: New Talon Speed Controller

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Originally Posted by Camren View Post
Ok to clarify my above post.

Are team has found that any sort of free wheel action on the robot (ie pushing it) Causes the motors to become a generator that sends current back into the motor controller. Well with the Jaguars they didn't have anything to stop it so we fried a lot of them. The new Talon controller has
We have been pushing around robots with Jags as long as they have been available and have never experienced this problem.
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