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Re: 2003 Drill Motors Good or Bad?
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Originally posted by D.J. Fluck
Was the extra power provided by the new drill motors worth the trouble of all of the repairs and replacements needed this year or was this a bad move by FIRST?
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What repairs? We used both drill motors to drive our robot, and did not have to swap them out once. They lasted from the beginning of the AZ regional to the end of Nationals. I think most teams ran into problems because they did not keep the axle going into the drill motor load free 
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2003 NAT Galileo Division -- Highest Seeded Rookie (20th)
2003 NAT Galileo Division -- 100% Autonomous Completion (7 for 7)
2003 Arizona Regional -- Rookie All-Star Award
2003 Arizona Regional -- Quarterfinalist
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17-04-2003, 14:46
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