Anybody have any clever ways to save motors? I’ve been working with differentials for some time now but I wanted to see if there’s anything else out there

This thread has a lot of helpful information about using motors for more than one task: [image] Passive transmission VEX V5 General Discussion I heard about using a to power the tilter, saving a motor. How would a transmission work without motors or pneumatics? Can someo…

I am aware of this thread, however it is mainly differentials and I wanted to see if there was any other way to save motors

Differentials, and ratchets are the two easiest ways to save motors. You can also use techniques like those showcased in the NorCal reveal for passive functionality. There have been a lot of passive intakes in last games that save motors for use with other things.

Do you have any examples? If not, what season were these intakes from?

Here are the 2 simple differntials… [Vex differential transmission animation] There are also much more complex differentials.

Every year there have been passive intakes. For Skyrise, little rollers would lock onto the Skyrise section without the use of a motor. Itz had passive cone intakes that performed extremely well at worlds. Last year, there were a lot of passive cap intakes, on two bars.

This year, we might see some passive intakes that lock into the little divots in the cubes (although at this point it looks like everyone’s just gonna build a tray of tray db4 combo which is pretty disappointing. Tt seemed to be a very diverse game for a while.)

[image] ThirdDegree: passive intakes that lock into the little divots in the cubes That and other types of ‘passive intakes’ often are only kinda passive, since that lock passively, but require something to unlock, which would either be a motor (defeating the point of the intake since it woul…

Motor Saving Techniques

VEX V5 General Discussion Technical Discussion

CarlosStewart September 12, 2019, 2:47am 3

This thread has a lot of helpful information about using motors for more than one task: