pic: My After Thought #6

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by 1502

The FP's were just a different idea instead of using cims. This wouldn't be meant for any heavy duty pushing matches; just to go pick up balls and get on the bridge. This setup was actually lighter than using cims and I'd never done it before so I thought I'd try it. Also we've used FP's before on a magic carpet for a school play and didn't have any problems there. There would actually be about 3 inches of compression in the hood so it's sufficient.

Pushing isn't the only time you pull a large amount of current. Be sure to gear very conservatively or the likelihood of you frying a FP motor will be very high when accelerating (read, changing direction or starting moving). Honestly, the benefits of using a CIM is that they are darn near bulletproof and stand up to all manner of abuses.

CAN you use the FP motors? Sure! I just think that it would make more sense to use the CIMs for the task they are really good at and save the really high RPM FP motors for something they are better used for.