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Re: Number of CIM motors

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Originally Posted by The Ginger View Post
Well it list all of the CIM par numbers and to the right says 6, then it lists all the other part numbers and says unlimited. So I thought that it was saying "for the following u can have up to 6 of each" for the rest of them i thought it meant "for the following u can have as many as u like"
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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky View Post
Regardless of rules be careful of brownouts. I'm haven't checked but I believe you can have a max 6 Cims. We will be using 4 Cims, and 2 mini Cims this year plus a compressor. Got to admit I'm a little worried about brownouts.
You're allowed 6 CIMS. The big, coke-can sized black motor. The blue box (Table 4-1: Legal Motors) having multiple part # is because there's a strange amount of places that now sell CIMs, but at the core they're all basically the same, and you can have 6.
As far as other motors (mini-CIMs included), go nuts. Have as many as you wish, though bear in mind that your robot battery has to make it through a two and a half minute match.

@Sperkowsky, as long as your compressor is on sparingly, it sounds like that set up should be fine. Avoid pushing matches if you can, and hopefully you're never both completely refilling your tanks as well as shoving a robot across the field.
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