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Re: That is easy for you to say...

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The FPs are vastly underrated by the FIRST community at large, but those of us who have bent 1.5"x1"x1/8" aluminum C-channel with them have great respect for them.
The FP motors are good as far as they go, however,
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If we believe the specs, the FP motors are over 400W each. If this holds true, they are going to get hotter than Hades insummer if and when they stall or run under high torque.
sums them up quite nicely. During the nationals alone, we had to replace our FP motor 4 times, so, yes they have a lot of power, but I have literally seen copper melt out of the casings.
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