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Re: Motor Torque Question

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Originally Posted by jrocket567
BEWARE ... (colorful tale snipped) ... beware (yet another colorful tale snipped)...
The PSD motor and the FP motors are just fine. There are many ways in which they can be caused to fail.

I may as well add, "Beware red wire, I once used it to conduct the smallest and least charged electrons I could find in the universe and POOF! It caught FIRE! -- and black wire is no better..."

Design your mechanisms with the known laws of physics in mind and you will be surprised at how these unreliable motors can win you matches.

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