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Re: Calculating Linear Force from Motor Torque?

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Originally Posted by cgmv123 View Post
You won't ever need to do math like the above examples to succeed in FRC.
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Originally Posted by Madison View Post
You ABSOLUTELY need to do math like this to succeed in FRC.
What Madison said.

A perfect example of where math like this was extremely helpful was the Mini-bot race in 2011. By the halfway point in the season, sub 2 seconds mini-bots began to become the standard for teams playing in the last few matches of any events, with 'traditional' mini-bots becoming almost useless by the championship. The secret* behind them was so simple, and once explained was easy to understand, but it's not something that most people would have come to without understanding the concepts in this thread. (IIRC, 973 - Adam's Team - Had the fastest mini-bot at the championship (or at least their division) that year.)

With that being said, this is an awesome thread. I think I'm going to borrow some of these equations for later.

*The 'secret' was to remove the transmissions, and use a really small diameter roller/wheel - 3/8" OD or so, IIRC.
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