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Re: gearbox calculator
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Originally Posted by Ether
That last part -- "while consuming 2x the current" -- is generally not true for different motors.
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Yes and no.
Assuming the motors were both perfectly efficient (or identical efficiencies), then what I said would be true.
For the CIM and MiniCIM, this is roughly true (the miniCIM will contribute it's share relative to it's power potential), as they are nearly identical motor designs.
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