should FP gearboxes work in both forward and reverse?

[Al Skierkiewicz]

I am saying that some FP motors have a breaker and some do not. I do not have a cross reference as to all FP motors that are available for FRC use this year.

[Ether]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

I am saying that some FP motors have a breaker and some do not. I do not have a cross reference as to all FP motors that are available for FRC use this year.

The OP said he was using a 2012 KOP Fisher Price motor, which would be the FP 00968-9013. I am told that model does not have an internal breaker.

[AlexD744]

As a programmer (who has seen motors behave this way many times), I would typically relate this to a software problem. Typically motion like this is described when in one part of the code the motor is being set to a certain speed, while in another part of the code it is being set to a speed of 0.

Admittedly, it could be other things, and as stated above, switching the leads to the motor end of the speed controller could tell you a lot about the root of the problem being in hardware or software.

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by Ether

The OP said he was using a 2012 KOP Fisher Price motor, which would be the FP 00968-9013. I am told that model does not have an internal breaker.

How about the 00801-0673 F-P (the 2011 KOP FP motor)? does it have an internal breaker? I remember the 2010 KOP FP motor did because we had some problems with our winch tripping the breaker (I was with 2849 that year). But I have no idea about the 2011 one. I only have two by accident and when the I got scared about using the BB motors in my drive, I switched over to these that happened to buy on a lark from AM in the fall.

Joe J

[Ether]

I'm not sure about the 9013 breaker either. I was hoping someone could take a look like Al said and verify.

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by Ether

I'm not sure about the 9013 breaker either. I was hoping someone could take a look like Al said and verify.

My only two are in the bag!