We had the controller in near the front of our robot and the radio cable plug stuck out about 1/2 inch past the chassis. Well, on our first run we ran it into a pole in our room and it just so happened that it hit right where the plug was and pushed it up breaking a few of the pins. It still worked fine but we did not want to take the risk so we opened it up, took out the port and replaced it with a new one. This voided the warranty but the warranty only covered factory defects anyway so there was nothing to lose. Today, you would never know that we broke it. And the best part is that my brother (electronics/electrical expert) had it all fixed before the engineers got back. 
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I think of the FP's as the party motor, they are kinda like mini smoke generators. - coreyjon [more] 
01-04-2003, 22:55
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