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Re: FRC Blog - 2016 Motor Controllers

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Originally Posted by IKE View Post
Very excited about additional motor controllers. A bit concerned about the lack of "vented" motors on the list. 550s and 775 had their issues with stall, but when done right, the air cool was nice for consistent performance.

Anyone have issues with BAG motors overheating in heavy competition? I would assume they get and stay hot similar to CIMS which is a bit concerning when you have back to back matches. Any experience?
We burnt out at least 10 on our practice robot before we switched them to different motors before out 1st comp last year.

Edit:

After several PM's I should note that we were not using the BAG's properly and that our systems last year were extremely inefficient with lots off loss to make up for, as well as several times the motors were stalled for an extreme amount of time.

We will continue to uses BAG's in the future as they are excellent motors when used properly(crazy how that works).
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