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Re: How did you use the FP motors?

We used two FP's to power our 5 foot arm to pick up tetras. We made a custom gearbox to give 270:1 reduction and then a 9 tooth sprocket to a 60 tooth sprocket to gives a total reduction of 1800:1. It works very well so far, even with limiting in programming to 9.6 Volts. We'll replace them with the 12 V motors at competition in a few days - and be very well set.

Here's a pic of them ...
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