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Motors out of sync
We've finally recieved our two new CIM motors, and installed them on our robot. Our programming has a victor for each motor, as required, and is programmed so that each motor ought to run at the same speed as the one next to it, and all four should run at the same speed when the controller is pushed directly forward.
They don't. Not only do they not usually run at the same speed (at low speeds, especially, the robot will turn perpetually), but the motors mounted together in the gearboxes don't run at the same speed. We thought this was odd, but tried hooking it up for a few moments and running it with the wheels off the ground - it runs, even when on the ground, it will run fine, but it sounds so bad we took it back up on the cart. The problem is, we have NO IDEA how to get the motors to run in sync the way they should.
I hate to put it this way... but HELP!
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