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Re: Window motor or FP W/ Gearbox?

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Originally Posted by swwrobotics View Post
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.
A one inch spool will be slow even with an FP and gearbox. The larger the spool the less force you can pull with, but with the benefit of a faster pull.
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