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Re: Legality of Downwards-Sloping Ramps

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
I think there's another contributing factor, however. Without gravity reducing your acceleration, the minibot comes up to speed much more quickly and spends much less time in the low-speed/high-torque operating area that makes it more likely you'll exceed your available traction and spin out.
Not only that, but you can argue that by spending less time in that pesky area of low-speed/high-torque, it also creates much less heat in the motors, keeps the internal resistance low, helps keep the battery voltage at that just-charged sweet spot, etc.
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