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Re: pic: Omniwheel Minibot

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Originally Posted by BBray_T1296 View Post
Also be careful, CIMs produce a significant amount of noise in the FM band. We converted a kitbot to run on a FM system and had control problems when we got 30+ feet away. We decided to seriously isolate our antenna from the CIMs, by putting the antenna higher and also wrapping the motors in layers of aluminum foil in an attempt to Faraday cage them.
We use a 2.4 GHZ system on our V1 minibot and have had no issues. We're currently looking at running it on a 14.8V to 22.2V lipo so it should be faster than 21 ft/s that was estimated at 12v.
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