22 motors?

[Kovs]

Does any team see themselves using 22 motors this year? Is there any actual reason to utilize 22 motors?

[RufflesRidge]

Originally Posted by Kovs

Is there any actual reason to utilize 22 motors?

Draining your battery as fast as robotically possible?

[Ninja_Bait]

little spinning flags for decoration.

[firemaster193]

you could move your robot with 22 little bug legs

[nighterfighter]

Originally Posted by firemaster193

you could move your robot with 22 little bug legs

Must...squish....bugs...

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Kovs

Is there any actual reason to utilize 22 motors?

No

[RoboMaster]

Yeah, that "You can use 22 motors this year!!!!1!!" thing was just to get us excited this year or something. All the motors are restricted to only 2 allowed, and CIMs are just 4. With like 8 different types of motors, it sounds like a lot but it doesn't really amount to anything.

[Cecil]

Hmm.. 22 times what, $109 for a Jaguar speed controller.. Thats $2,398 in speed controllers alone.. Of course you could use Spike relays on some, but then you lose the ability to slow that motor down those few RPM's you need

[Alex698]

I wouldn't rule out van door motors from previous years' KOP, fisher-price or banebots 775 motors yet. Plenty of solutions.

[Tom Line]

You folks seriously need to check out the Robonauts 2008 video.

With 8 motors in the drive train, that's only 14 more to scatter around the robot!

[slijin]

Originally Posted by Cecil

Hmm.. 22 times what, $109 for a Jaguar speed controller.. Thats $2,398 in speed controllers alone.. Of course you could use Spike relays on some, but then you lose the ability to slow that motor down those few RPM's you need

Keep in mind that during build season, FIRST teams can purchase Jaguars for $85.00. It's also illegal to hook motors up to Spikes.

[372 lives on]

yes, we plan on using 22. to do this we have decided on a very simply 15wd chassis that will get us over the bump in a breeze.

[theprgramerdude]

Originally Posted by slijin

Keep in mind that during build season, FIRST teams can purchase Jaguars for $85.00. It's also illegal to hook motors up to Spikes.

No, it's not. The only motors you can not hook up to the Spikes are the CIM's and FP. Everything else is fair game, which means 16 motors out of 22.

[Elgin Clock]

Do servo "motors" count in the 22 tally?

[theprgramerdude]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Do servo "motors" count in the 22 tally?

No. As long as they fit the <4W max power rating, according to R.48.L, you can have as many as you can fit on there.