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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
the primary advantage of an air powered motor is that it would be small and very light compaird to an equivalant electric motor
so it would be the ideal for something at the end of an arm, or high up from the desired CG of the bot.
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I agree, I think air-powered motors would be a beautiful advantage for a game especially if it's something similar to last year where people need to build lightweight arms. The motors we have now are too bulky to put anywhere too far from the base without being a heavy system. At the same time, globe motors are the smallest we have to work with now, and they are great systems, but they don't have enough umph for some applications. I think if we saw an air-powered motor of some sort come into play this year... teams would be able to try many new things, I think they could also be incorporated into drive systems to smoothly change gears or to turn a crab steering module. I'm skeptical also as to whether or not FIRST will really do this... but if they do, I think there could be MANY good applications of this.