Reducing the weight of the KitBot

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Reducing the weight of the KitBot

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13-01-2005, 11:52

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Re: Weight loss

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Originally Posted by Anchi

ther are instructions included to only use one motor

Not true, they were designed to use either one or two motors. The video shown at kickoff specifically showed two motors being installed.

As for weight reduction, you can drill holes or mill pockets into the gears, as well as drilling holes into the sprockets.

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