27-01-2011, 02:52
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Spud Gun Division
AKA: Leav Oz-Ari
 FRC #3316 (D-Bug) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Rookie Year: 2005
Location: Technion, Haifa, Israel
Posts: 772
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Re: Stalling the BaneBot 775 motors
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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
The power draw would be less than what was calculated before, as he said 20-40% of stall torque, which would mean the voltage is lower as well.
Assuming 20%, that is 17 Amps @ 2.4V, which works our to 40W.
Not as bad a number, but far less than we plan on drawing; Getting that down to just 10% of stall torque bumps you to 10W, a much nicer number.
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Sounds like a typical engineering trade off, but one I could definitely live with.
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"We choose to build robots this season and do the other things; Not because they are easy, but because they are hard." -Paraphrasing JFK
Participated in FIRST as a student: 2005-2006 (But still learning every season!)
Mentor: 2008 - ? (Team 2630 2008-2011, and Team 3316 since 2013)
Engineer: 2011 - ? (B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mech. Eng. from the Technion IIT)
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