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Re: Fisher Price used on Arm?

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Originally Posted by Ryan Albright
we used fp last year in our arm to pick up the big ball. If you want to use them you need to watch the heat on them. We burnt threw a few. YOu might even think about building heatsinks for them and invest in one of the guns that takes the heat measurements. Fps can be done if they are monitored closely and checked after every match
I'd second this. Team 95 used FP's last year to drive their arm (see Pic 1 and Pic 2) , and they worked fairly well, but they do burnt out rather easily. Careful design or limiting the voltage range is a good idea. Chilling them between matches helps a lot too in a pinch.

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