I want to use more motors in my robot but I don’t have any 5.5W smart motors. Though I have spare 11W smart motors. Is it possible to lower the wattage of some of my 11W smart motors to meet the max wattage cap?
Not that I know of - at inspection, there will be a motor count and use of either 11w or 5.5W in the calculations based on motor type / SKU.
7 Likes
I believe would not be legal to as that’s modifying electrical parts which is illegal as per rule
1 Like
No. you have to either use 11w motors or 5.5w motors. if you want to programatically limit it for a specific mechanism you can do that programatically but its still gonna count as an 11w motor per the rules
4 Likes
As an alternative to this, you can use things such as
- Motor differential transmissions
Check this out: Vex Differentials Explained - Power take off (PTO)
Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tkbR7OZv7A
and possibly some more, which I am too lazy to research for. I’ll leave that to you.
7 Likes
5.5W motors are not always the best way to go. I recommend motor sharing when applicable- for example, chaining your intake to your drivetrain so that it will always be running when your drivetrain is, this saves both wattage and code
i don’t know if that’s how i would recommend motor sharing, that would make intake redirects extremely difficult, and honestly seems like a poorly thought-out idea
1 Like