Thread: Throttle Motor
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Re: Throttle Motor

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Originally Posted by Knufire View Post
For what it's worth, every inspector we had that year told it was the first time they'd seen someone use it on their robot.
Well that was the first year it was legal

We always think about it, and then realize there are much better motors that are much easier to use. The power pins on the front require some really interesting configurations to get working. In addition, there are no COTS gearboxes that work with them.
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