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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
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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That year, our team had neither the expertise nor the time to go back and do things right, so we did what we could when we realized that there was a problem.
I and my team members understand that it was not ideal. The next year, which was last year (I have mentioned that the crazy heat sinks were from 2004 and on drill motors) we did not have the same problems.
A big element of FIRST competition is thinking on the fly. At this point, you should be trying to design a system that doesn't have motor stalling and overheating problems, but it's good to know some techniques that have worked in the past, even if they're not ideal. You might need to use them.
BTW, I'm also thinking that normal, non-kit, electric fans would not be legal.