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Re: Victor 888 vs Jaguar for rookie drive train

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Originally Posted by Racer26 View Post
What is alarming me, is that its sounding like you may intend to get along with only 4 or possibly 5 speed controllers total. This will almost assuredly not be enough. Even the simplest effective scoring machines using 4 drive motors I've seen in 10+ years of FRC have used a minimum of 5, and more commonly 6-8 speed controllers in total.

Agreed,

Our bot from last year had 9 controllers.

(1) Jag - Tilter
(6) Victor - (4) Drive, (2) Shooter
(2) Vex Motor Controller 29 - (1) Slider, (1) Indexer

The Jag was great for our tilter because it allowed us to use the built-in limit switch connections to limit the amount of travel on the tilter.
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