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Remove Elevator Pneumatic Brake Defaults #43

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karagenit opened this issue Feb 27, 2018 · 1 comment
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Remove Elevator Pneumatic Brake Defaults #43

karagenit opened this issue Feb 27, 2018 · 1 comment

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By default, the PowerPack engages its brake whenever a controlling command (e.g. GamepadElevatorControl) ends. As we've seen, the elevator + brake mode Talons is able to stay up on its own. Activating the brakes anyway is "safe" but also an unnecessary waste of pneumatic pressure.

Instead, we could make a command like GamepadElevatorControl the default for the PowerPack subsystem, and only engage the brake when a "hold climber" command is run (plus possibly stall the motors a bit if necessary - see #35).

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Actually, scratch this. Needs more testing. I think yesterday (when it wasn't falling) was with the collector arms detached, which removes a significant amount of weight.

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