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Re: Alternative motors for drive train

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Originally Posted by Mark Sheridan View Post
They were the fisher price motors.
Yep.

In 2006, 968 ran 2 CIMs and 1 FP in each drive transmission (or was it 1 and 1? I forget.). Anyways, I recall that they got quite a bit of practice in changing FPs out of the trannies due to frying. Something about FPs (and most of the KOP non-CIM motors) not exactly handling stalling very well.

I've used 4x RS775 motors in a drive, but there was almost no pushing involved, and weight was a very definite factor (as in, lower the weight for better points). This was not an FRC robot, BTW.
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