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Post Re: CHIPS

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Originally Posted by ali_rockon22
The chips are good motors with the proper gearbox. I like the drills becuase they are practical for a drive system. The only problem with them is the mechanical error in the stock gearbox. It rotates faster going forward then in reverse. We had that problem but you can fix that in programming. And yes the best way to use both those motors is to actually use both the motors.
From my understanding, this has nothing to do with the gearbox itself, it has to do with the internal motor windings. The gearbox functions the same backwards as forwards, so there shouldn't be any gearing differences that would cause the difference in speeds.

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