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Re: Smoking RS-550 motors
The guidelines I use say to target motor operation at peak power (or a little to the left on the RPM/torque curve, to give wiggle room for gear efficiency and wire impedance loss). This is at roughly 50% stall torque and 50% free speed.
I know we are above the 50% torque point, but not by much. I still think this would be a normal operating point for a motor.
Am I off anywhere? Do any of you use different guidelines for gearbox design?
Note, we are actually targeting to operate at <30% of stall torque, assuming we get rid of the racking/binding. I'm just curious as to what other people use.
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