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Re: Breaking/Coasting and Jaguar and Talons.

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
Those tests are interesting, but they were run with essentially no load (except windage and vibration) so they really can't be used as a motor control metric for loaded applications.

Also, most of the things you noted are likely just due to sensor noise and decoding. If you look at the Victor graph, you can clearly see the quantization in the sensor readings.

Thanks for pointing that out, I hadn't knoticed that before. I'll be sure to make sure I know what I'm talking about next time I go around dispencing advice.