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Originally Posted by Cory
Anyone seriously arguing whether a 2.5 lb minibot going 6-10 ft/s will impart 4 N of force or not is just being a FIRST apologist. This is simple physics and some efficiency losses due to friction, etc aren't going to change much.
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I would appreciate a more explicit mathematical write up as to why you are so convinced.
Most importantly, I want you to account for the drift in the motors due to momentum after the limit switch shuts down the motors at the top of the pole. Do you know, for a fact, the robot has enough speed/momentum to continue to carry itself upwards despite non-powered motors and gravity contributing to rapid deceleration? As pointed out in this thread, the non-powered motors might even stop the robot on a dime...
(For the record, I think there should be enough force too, but
I think is not good enough in engineering, and FIRST hasn't given me good enough reason not to trust them)