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Re: Mixing Jaguars and Victors

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Originally Posted by Nadav Zingerman View Post
How could that work seeing as they always spin at the same speed, and thus have the same encoder reading.
Maybe they aren't connected using something that can't slip (like a gearbox--if you can cause that to slip, you've destroyed it).

He's not talking about FRC applications. What if you had two starter motors for your car, say, and they had slightly different turn speeds?
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