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Re: what motor did you use(arm)

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Originally Posted by drosophyllum View Post
Hello, im wondering what motor your teams used for the arm, the cim or the window motor.
648 used the fisher price motor. It turned an arm, which was connected to another rod fixed to the arm. When the motor turned, the first arm raised the second, raising the arm, pretty much a large cam system. The arm had a telescoping feature driven by the banebots motor. We used the four small CIMS to power the drive system, and the window motors to turn the wheels in our swerve drive.
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