so some people have been wondering why their bots have been prematurely losing power despite having adequate battery life. the explanation that people seemed to come up with was that smoking motors drained more battery life than undamaged motors. personally, i didn't think that was right, so i decided to do some ghetto tests on the theory that damaged batteries lose some of their total output.
for the test bot, i used a custom motor that has near infinite hp to avoid any chance of motor '''''smoking'''', and a single ant battery that gives about 2 minutes of power for a single motor. the motor was wired to a switch to make sure that it stays on constantly after activation
the first minute is just me damaging the battery and making sure that both bots stay mobile. i activated the switch on the motor at around 2:00 on the match timer (not the vid), and the battery dies almost exactly a minute afterwards (half of what the ant battery should provide to a single motor).
this was done with an externally mounted battery, but I've tried it off-cam with a chassis mounted bat and was able to get similar results
also another til: i think external batteries might be invulnerable to being knocked off
iirc anything in the powertab is technically invulnerable
quality on the vids isnt the best but it should do
