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Re: Disk brakes

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Originally Posted by Arkorobotics View Post
Disk brakes sound really inefficient for a FIRST robot. Why not just take the (+) and (-) wires and have them touch (I am not giving away any concept designs, just an ideal concept). Take a motor and spin the shaft. Now connect the two wires together and try it again. It would be a lot harder, and even harder when you have that going through a gearbox.
This is how the breaking feature on the Victors work.
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