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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson
We have 14 Banebot motors on our robot this year. 11 of them are connected to Versaplanetaries (the other 3 are driving our Wild Swerve modules via CIM-iles).
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Originally Posted by Gregor
Given that the PDP only has 16 spots for motors, I assume you are using 3 CIMs or MiniCIMs as drive motors, R42 limits you to 1 motor per speed controller, how are you using 17+ high power motors in 16 PDP spots?
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I believe he means that he's using these three Banebots as drive motors; no CIM or mini-CIM. They are presumably steering with 3 (or perhaps 1) through Banebots + Versaplanetaries. After gearing them down with the CIMile, it appears that they can get good low-speed torque for a smaller current draw than a CIM. The trade off is loss of peak power in the 30+A part of the curve, where you don't spend much time anyway. It sounds like a good performance trade off, especially for this more deliberate game. It doesn't surprise me that they're blowing motors; smaller means hotter for a given amount of power.