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Re: Quick Q for "noob" at first

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Originally Posted by SoftwareBug2.0
Of course you should try to design things so they don't get hot, but this was using the kit gearboxes to the kit 12" wheels, and the motors certainly did get hot, as did the blocks surrounding them and to a lesser extent the parts of the frame they were attached to.
ok, thats a good starting point. So what could you do differently this year?

smaller wheels?

not use skid steering?

limit the amount of power the driver can command to the motors if they are stalled?

Use the kit gearbox but add one more stage of gear reduction before the wheels?

this is the time to make those decisions.
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