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Originally Posted by squirrel

Interesting move using non CIMs for driving. You'll have the software limit the amount of time that they get a huge amount of current if they're not turning, right? as an added smoke retension measure

We're actually not too worried about frying motors at this point. From what we've calculated we should be able to gear our robot down to 8-10 fps (a reasonable speed that will be hard to exceed on this year's field) and still have enough torque to slip our wheels from a single motor at only 1/3 to 1/2 power. Since we'll be using two motors our safety margin is even larger, and we can use lower current breakers (like the 30 amps) to ensure we don't draw too much. Right now we're more concerned about how the gearboxes we plan on using will hold up, as we're going to have to rely on only our team for spare parts with them.