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Re: Motors/Battery life

They are right in one sense, if you stall all 4 CIMs, you won't make it anywhere near one match. However, you can also design everything very conservatively (like we did last year and EricH mentioned) and have them last forever.

Design for 1/4 stall torque and your motors and batteries will thank you.