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Re: pic: 1519 robot as of last tuesday

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Originally Posted by StevenB View Post
But most RC cars don't have two CIMs driving them. This robot is roughly 1/4 the weight of a "normal" FRC robot, and has half the power (From what I've seen, most teams use 4 CIMs). Thus, it has roughly twice the power-to-weight ratio of most robots, and probably accelerates quite nicely.
In terms of power to weight; CIMs aren't that great. I'm sure the RC car has a much better power to weight ratio than the robot. Also, that car went way faster than 20 fps. I'm calling shenanigans on the 6 fps lap.
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