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Re: pic: Undefeated in eliminations at RITR and THOR... this sums up our feelings rig

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Originally Posted by inkling16 View Post
Was the robot consistently driving a little bit short? Also, were you using the Victor SPs? If so, it might mean that the signal vs voltage curves on the Victor SPs are slightly different than those of whatever other speed controller you were previously using . Has anyone made a graph like this for the new speed controllers?

If rather your robot had a large variation in the distances it traveled in auto, then it is likely not the control system that is to blame.
We have Jaguars on that robot.

Part of the problem probably is that many of our batteries have not been sustaining an acceptable voltage during matches.
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