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Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350
I would love to have more than three gears to choose from. I would also welcome better motors. Then it might not be necessary to worry about burning them up as much.
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More gears would be welcome, for many reasons.
Most motors will burn up if they are stalled at near full voltage. It's just how motors work. If not, they need large gear reduction just to get enough power to do anything.
I'd rather have a motor that provides the power that I need, but have to take care with it, rather than one so wimpy that it just sits there when you apply full power.
What we really need are some appropriately sized breakers that can be used to protect the motors when they get mechanically locked. Or, it would be nice to be able to rely on the control system to use the encoders without glitching and running the motors into hard stops at full power
Phil.
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