View Single Post
  #14   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 25-05-2011, 11:31
NickE's Avatar
NickE NickE is offline
_
FRC #0254 (The Cheesy Poofs)
Team Role: Engineer
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 620
NickE has a reputation beyond reputeNickE has a reputation beyond reputeNickE has a reputation beyond reputeNickE has a reputation beyond reputeNickE has a reputation beyond reputeNickE has a reputation beyond reputeNickE has a reputation beyond reputeNickE has a reputation beyond reputeNickE has a reputation beyond reputeNickE has a reputation beyond reputeNickE has a reputation beyond repute
Re: 254 Presents: Cheesy Poof Build Blogs

Quote:
Originally Posted by topgun View Post
On the January 9th page, you posted your final drivetrain speed. When I run those calculations through the JVN calculator I only get 100% efficient speeds of 18.92 ft/sec and 6.81 ft/sec, whereas the blog posting shows 19.8 ft/sec and 7.1 ft/sec.

What would explain the difference?

I used CIMs at 5310 rpm free speed and the gearing showed on the blog posting.

Thanks.
We used 5550 rpm free speed. Our measured efficiency on the bench ended up being 90-95% with a free speed of about 18.5 ft/sec with no weight on the wheels.
Reply With Quote