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Re: Motors and gearboxes from the kit
When team 100 used the gearboxes with only one motor they made a noticable grinding sound, at first we thought we assembled them wrong, but there was no visible damage and once we added the second set of motors, it sounded much better.

Before cheeseholing and throwing out motors, see if you can scrap metal plates (replace them with lexan if necessary), or just cutting pieces of heavy material out, getting rid of nuts/bolts where they aren't exactaly crucial. Maybe clean out those metal shavings caught in the corners of your frame! Every little bit counts.
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