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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli
Ok so the Mini CIM was designed specifically do mate 1:1 with the CIM motor. The design goals were:
(1) Same exact mounting as CIM motor
(2) Have current draw of approximately 40 amps at max power.
(3) Optimized (while keeping constraint #2) to mate 1:1 with the CIM motor to maximize the Mini CIM contribution at maximum power. We are about 10% off from this goal.
We utilized a Magtrol automated Dynamometer setup to test various conditions to make sure the contribution of the mini CIM when combined with a CIM motor was as expected.
My team ran mini CIMs along side CIM motors in our drive gearbox (4 CIMs and 2 Mini CIMs) and they performed as expected.
I hope this sheds some light on the mini CIM performance.
Paul
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This is exactly how we ran our drivetrain as well. 2 cims + 1 minicim per side. It worked exceptionally well.
In answer to Ether's question: We had them 1:1 but the minicim was unpowered except when we got into pushing matches, so we never heated the minicim up.