NeveRest 60 in FRC

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Billfred

The AndyMark NeveRest 60 motor is not the same as the Tetrix motor used for minibots in 2011. (Tetrix part numbers specified on the 2011 minibot inspection checklist here, PDF link.)

We may be biased here at AndyMark, but we think it has been a net positive for FIRST Tech Challenge teams.

Sent from my desk at AndyMark

I don't have test data on this motor, yet. As the one who published data on the 2011 Minibot motors (aka smoke generators), I believe that the new motor is a significant improvement; this is based on a visual inspection of an early sample motor at Andy's desk during a visit to AM a few months ago, and on review of the data furnished by the motor manufacturer. I expect the Andymark engineers will be publishing their own test results soon. We should all suspend judgement about the NeveRest 60 for a while -- AM data will go a long way toward building my understanding of its real capability, and of course a season of in-situ performance will go even further.

All that said, there is data already available on the AM site. And that data supports what Billfred said above.