Thread: Hitec H-322HD Servo + 3.6 lbs of metal = success?
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Re: Hitec H-322HD Servo + 3.6 lbs of metal = success?
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Originally Posted by Alex698 View Post
make use servo PWM Y-Cables!

All we need now is a Servo-driven shifting gearbox.
And given that the total combined current supplied from all 16 Analog and 18 Digital +5V Power header pins on the Robot Controller is 1 Amp, and each VEX servo can pull up to 1.5 amps, how many times can you get away with that?

Using multiple VEX servos and VEX motors is certainly within the rules. But the capabilities of the system hardware makes the number of possible configurations somewhat self-constraining.

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