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Re: Running motors together to get more torque
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Originally Posted by vivek16 View Post
are you allowed to use two globe motors on your robot? if i was able to i think it would make it a lot easier
Yes we did this year. . . We direct drove them to the same shaft/sprocket. . . We had to do a little scaling factor because the motor in forward was slightly faster then the other in reverse. . .
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