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Originally Posted by coreyjon
...I laughed when I read what you had done to that poor defenseless FP motor.
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We debated over and over and over whether we wanted to use the FP motors on the competition robot. As previously discussed... those motors have a tendency to "give up and let out the white smoke" when they are overloaded or used in the wrong application.
As a way of settling the debate, one of our design guys threatened to just flatten 'em. After that, they probably wouldn't have gone on the robot.
We mashed the old one because it was burnt up, and we were boys with a 20 lb sledge.
Basically... it mashed itself. Wrong place, wrong time.
Some background on "the answer":
It was made from scratch by the Clarkson Mini-Baja team. No matter what the question, those Baja guys have got "the answer". It has a reputation all of it's own among the Clarkson SPEED teams. Whenever something "needs some smashing" out comes the answer. Many computers have been "office spaced". All in all it is pretty cool.
It is dangerous though. Ever seen someone get hit by a 20 lb deadblow in the face? (It bounced back up). Not pretty.
So kids... play safe.
John