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Re: Minibot climb rate

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
OK, is that what he meant? I thought that was an aside. The way I read it, he modded some gearboxes but then decided to use stock (as-is) ones.

Your interpretation makes more sense I guess.



I also took it to mean that the gear boxes on this bot were the original 52 to 1 ratio.

The 10.4 to 1 boxes, based on our experiences and pile of smoked motors, won't work with a 5.5" diameter wheel. We ended up with ~3" wheels with our 10.4 to 1 gear boxes.

The math doesn't add up to a 2.2 sec time with 52 to 1 boxes either, unless that bot's weight is less than the total of the battery and motors, let alone the wheels and frame, again based on our experiences.