View Single Post
  #2   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 14-10-2013, 18:00
DampRobot's Avatar
DampRobot DampRobot is offline
Physics Major
AKA: Roger Romani
FRC #0100 (The Wildhats) and FRC#971 (Spartan Robotics)
Team Role: College Student
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Rookie Year: 2010
Location: Stanford University
Posts: 1,277
DampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond reputeDampRobot has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Keeping drive motors cool

971 puts big ol muffin fans right over their drive motors every year. From what I've heard, they cool down the motors pretty well in practice and elim matches. I've also seen 1323 just blow a regular plug in fan into their robot between elim matches while charging their tanks. A lot of teams (like 254) turn canned air bottles upside down and then spray them on their drive motors. This really does cool motors down quickly, but is quite wasteful environmentally speaking.

We've always just grabbed some cool gel packs from the fridge and wedged them on top of our compressor and between out drive motors. It's a sort of janky fix, but it's mobile, quick, and works pretty well.
__________________
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.

-Plutarch
Reply With Quote