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Re: pic: Teaser from First Team 971: She's gonna be lighting fast
Anything to cool the motors down is beneficial for a performance bot. With our tall gearing for top speed the motors draw a significant amount of amps. We noted that during practice sessions the fans do a good job of increasing air flow around the motor casings to reduce the heat.
We have installed thermistors on our motors and monitor the temperature from the operators station. The fans are mostly to extend the run time before the motor over heats.
If we can figure this out our robot may have Jaguar controlled automatic speed shifting.
Roy
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Roy Dumlao
Mentor/Sponsor
2006-2012 971
2013-2017 4543
Last edited by roystur44 : 01-02-2011 at 13:33.
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