Thread: Shooter Lag
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Re: Shooter Lag

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Originally Posted by fox46 View Post
Also remember that the available voltage will not always be 12V and will vary depending on your battery condition and how much power the rest of the robot is drawing.
That was the intent of the bolded portions below:

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
2) The motor voltage required to hold that speed is sufficiently less than 12 volts...

#2 is so that your closed-loop speed controller has some "headroom" to apply more power (increase the applied voltage) to get the wheel back up to speed quickly