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Unread 08-05-2015, 15:36
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Re: Fastest Possible Canburglar

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Originally Posted by JesseK View Post
I heard a rumor that Karthik mentioned de-ionized water and freezing motors in his Wednesday talk w.r.t. speeding up canburglars. Can anyone explain how this helps and what the process of it is? I vaguely remember something from the Minibot days as well, but it's a bit fuzzy.
I actually mentioned it with respect to people trying to speed up minibots. However, I would not be surprised if teams tried this for Canburglars this season.
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