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Originally Posted by Cothron Theiss
After putting one or more window motors on all four robots I've helped my team build, I can assert that window motors are bad for just about everything.
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I have 4 18-year old window motors and 4 11 year old window motors that have done a great job of occasionally raising and lowering car windows and are still going strong. On FRC robots, we have mixed experience: When we have just tossed them at a problem, we've had the worm gearbox fly apart faster than the arm it was driving (trying to lower the bridge in Rebound Rumble). When we've done the math and used them in situations within their torque and speed capabilities (e.g. raising and lowering our rung deflector for Ultimate Ascent), they have performed well. If it's too big a job for a servo, and a BAG motor would require a third VP stage or two high-reduction VP stages, consider the humble worm-geared window motor in your kit of parts.