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Re: umm.. heat sinks. sorry, we're roookies.....

someone else pointed out in another thread on heatsinks, if you are in the elim rounds and you REALLY want to cool your motors between matches then instead of using heatsinks

you can buy spray cans of component cooler (try radio shack). it use to be freon but now its something else - and you can blast your motors with it and get them icy cold for the next match

cool (pun!) thing about this, with the drill motors you can spray it inside the motor, where it needs it the most.

but there is another aspect to hot motors that everyone must keep in mind. When you play at the events the matches are 120 seconds long - no much time really

but before you ship your bot your team is going to want to practice practice practice with it for hours at a time

its best to design your drivetrain so it can be driven for hours without heating up - this will also mean you are not sucking your bats dead in a manner of minutes either - A well designed machine will only required a large amount of power when it is pushing or dragging something heavy - just driving around, collecting balls, steering around the field, should not require much power - if it does, your robot is fighting against itself.

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