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Originally posted by Greg McCoy
It seems like an 8-motor drivetrain would pull an awful lot of current for little advantage over a 4 or 6 motor drivetrain. With 8 motors on drive I would think that you would pop the 60A breaker if you were running any other motors to pick up balls, grab goals, etc.
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I agree. We have a four motor (drills and chips) drivetrain that is unstoppable when lifting on the goals in low gear. Putting 8 motors on a drivetrain would consume too much power and also limit you on the rest of your robot design. We use all pneumatics besides the four drive motors but if you were to have a go-home device or a ball picker you would need those other motors. We can drain a battery to radio cutout in one match and that is with only the four motors and the pump. Good luck on eight.
Also, one thing to keep in mind about polls is that you are not required to be truthful.