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Originally Posted by JohnBoucher
We do it every year. We swap out batteries twice and run the OI from a battery. I think we need to swap the wheels.
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You did it every year - with the old control system. You may need to be careful about making any assumptions about the battery lifetime and total traverse distance with the new system. Unless I had run a few tests to understand the effects of the new control system on battery life when attempting extended driving, I would want to be rather cautious.
-dave
** although, this does cause one to think about a great idea for an alternate off-season competition - having a competition to see who can drive the longest / farthest with their official FRC robot on a single battery charge. How many laps can you do around an official 1/4-mile running track with one battery? What can you do to your drivetrains to make them as power-efficient as possible for this test (rather than as fast or as powerful as possible)? Given all the recent interest in "green" projects, this could be kind of interesting.
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