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Re: pic: Team 488 XBot updated electronics view 1

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Originally Posted by amateurrobotguy View Post
My god! What could you possibly need 8 motors for? Hell, our team only needs 4 motors and a spike.
well we have 4 for our drivetrain, two for lowering our platforms, another one or two for releasing the lifts - it adds up quickly. Believe me, if we could get away with 4 motors and a spike I would be all for it!

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Unless you have weight to burn get rid of the wire looping back on it self, other wise very neat.
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You know, I hadn't actually thought of that for some reason. We are going to great lengths to make weight this year without any sacrifice to functionality and that is such an easy fix, thanks for the input!

Last edited by Fred Sayre : 04-02-2007 at 11:29.
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