Thread: Minibot climb rate
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Unread 25-01-2011, 13:29
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Re: Minibot climb rate
Some quick math and some analysis of the torque/stall curves for the motors have shown us that the most optimal gearing rate is .5/1 please check my math. Additionally using this gearing rate we found that a robot if carefully constructed can weight about 5-6 pounds. This gets you to the top in about 4.0-4.75 seconds. This has been pretty much confirmed by our present prototype minibot design.

These individuals claiming 2-3 seconds I have questioned unless the robot is like 3 pounds or they are direct driving but with that said you direct drive the motors get really close to stalling after only a few pounds. I would love to see a video of a team beating 4.0 seconds