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Re: Drive systems ideas

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Originally Posted by team3329 View Post
We were definitely looking into mechanum for the strafing ability. So the key is 4 independent motors huh? If thats the case we have a problem. We have 4 Jags and all show that they are working with their light. however, one of them is giving the signal that it is working but it doesn't turn the motor. The others turn the motor, but extremely slowly. The battery is fully charged, so that's not the problem. is there too little power going to each one? Is there something we are over looking?

Look at the Dashboard. Does it indicate that your software is indeed giving a full throttle PWM command ?