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Re: Drive Train Curves Only While Backing Up

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Originally Posted by Jared Russell View Post
I HIGHLY recommend NEVER inverting motors electrically...always do red to +, and invert in the code as necessary. This way, if you need to swap in a spare motor or speed controller, you never need to guess which way to wire it up because they are all always the same.
YES! Always connect the red wire to M+ and the black wire to M-. Exceptions can be deadly; unnecessary exceptions are criminal. Invert in code.


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Originally Posted by Ozuru View Post
I just wanted to update this and thank you all for your help. Calibrating each of the individual talons fixed this issue (or at least made the curve very hard to notice). I hope that if anyone else has this issue they see this thread and don't have to go through what we did, lol.
On behalf of all who've replied on this thread: You're very welcome!
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