Motors Wired in Parallel

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I am building a version of the Dagu Wild Thumper 6WD all-terrain chassis, see Pololu - Dagu Wild Thumper 6WD all-terrain chassis, black with chrome-colored hubs.. It requires a motor on each of the 6 wheels. I am powering and controlling the two-wire Vex motors via the Signal Splitter rather than the Micro Controller. My questions are: 1) is there a tidy way to wire each of the 3 motors on one side in parallel so they can respond equally to a single joystick command?
2) Will the Signal Splitter be able to handle the load of 3 motors concurrently on one outlet, six motors in total?

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Hello Owg,

Thanks for your interest in our VEX Signal Splitter.
The Signal Splitter is not designed to power three motors per output. There is not a tidy way to power three motors per output. The VEX PIC Microcontroller can be reprogrammed with easyC or ROBOTC to individually power six motors from two Joystick inputs.

Regards.

-Eli