Thread: Need advice on motors, gearboxes, and ESCs
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Re: Need advice on motors, gearboxes, and ESCs
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Originally Posted by BBray_T1296 View Post
How about a miniCIM in a versa-planetary? It is surprisingly trivial to modify a CIM to work, all you need is a hacksaw and a tabletop vice. On a 6" wheel you would need a 15:1 gearbox, which would yield you 7MPH and plenty of torque for a 30lb machine
I am a fan of the MiniCIMs. A full sized CIM can draw over 100A and the FIRST ESCs are all rated ~60A. The spreadsheet I posted has a pulldown option for MiniCIM plus you could always add other motor curves. MiniCIMs with 6" wheels and 12.7:1 ToughBox Nano is probably much more than is needed. Bag Motors could also work, but I have not done the math.