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Re: 2 motor drive VS 4 motor drive

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
Not likely. The motors are far less efficient operating near stall, which the 2-motor setup will spend much more time in.

The magnitude of this difference will depend greatly on the gear ratio.
I was assuming that the 4-motor drive would accelerate about twice as quickly as a 2-motor drive, spending about half the time in the 'near stall' regime but drawing twice the current over that time, resulting in the same number of A*s (electrons) being used.

Is this a poor assumption to make?
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