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Re: VEX Servos Legal in 2013?

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Originally Posted by Nirvash View Post
That would make sense, using P=V*I, but for whatever reason FIRST defines servos likes this.



Following this steps from this post and this and from the spec sheet above.



So Torque = 6.5inlbs=0.7344Nm (According to online converter)

100*.7344*0.1046=7.68Watts

So if all my math is right and I am converting everything proper, it does not seem that servo is under 4watts.
Since those values are at 7.5 volts and on the robot they will run at 6 volts, you can derate both the speed and the torque by 6/7.5. Unfortunately, that only gets you to 4.9 watts.