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Re: Linear Actuators

This is a very cool little project, I like it a lot.

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Originally Posted by JamesTerm View Post

It is unfortunate that the 393 is no longer a legal motor for FRC, but we still intend to use it for another project, and intend to have it work fully with the roboRIO... there are 3 solutions we are currently exploring with that:
We ran the 393s off TalonSRs in previous years, you can probably just use a small speed controller like an RC one if you want to. We actually overvolted the motors to about 10 or 11 volts without issues but we were only having them turn about 100 degrees.
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