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Originally Posted by Dominator1619
I know our team alone burnt up almost a dozen rs-550's this past season, so where's the encouragement to use those motors again if we had so many problems with them these past few years
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Not be rude,
But the issue here isn't the RS 550 motors. Its more or less the way you are using them and your speed/torque ratio. We have used them in arms/conveyors and numerous applications with zero issues. One example, this year we used a single rs 550 motor for our arm with a gas strut assist. It lifted some serious weight but never got even close to being warm. It was actually the coldest motor on our entire bot. I wish I could say the same for the intake FP's
You may be stalling them and not gearing the motor properly for your application. JVN's Calc helps with the math.
Where have you had issues with these motors?
I would hate for these motors to go.
-RC