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Unread 11-03-2015, 14:22
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Re: Most damage sustained

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Originally Posted by audietron View Post
I realize this. Tetrix motors ratings are terrible and an FTC team that uses solely tetrix will go through 10 or more motors in a season simply because of the lack of quality. Thank goodness andymark made the nevrest motors.
Tetrix aren't as bad as you think. The Loose Screws (FTC 5237) used tetrix and we didn't burn any in competition. The last one we burnt was when we tested our lift and we continued to power it even though it was at the top.

Even when we broke those gearboxes in ring it up, the motors were perfectly fine.

There are also four other FTC teams in Bedford, and I haven't heard of them burning out motors.