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Re: Window motor or FP W/ Gearbox?

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Originally Posted by Coffeeism View Post
How far and how fast do you need it to move?

Also very important, what is the size of your spool?

What is the size of the rope on the spool?
We want our arm to move pretty fast, and we have tried the window motor but it was really slow. The spool size for the window motor was a pvc pipe about 1 inch in diameter and 22 inches in length to fit the width of the robot.