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Re: Team 610 pre-season drivetrain

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Originally Posted by cadandcookies View Post
At this point that model is something that I use quite often for getting a reasonable estimate of time to a given distance, and it just sort of permanently hangs out in my "Useful FRC tabs" bookmarks group. In the future I'll be using the up to date source code for critical applications.
Just remember the old adage "Garbage in, garbage out". The model is only as good as the parameters you use: the more difficult ones being the constant, speed-dependent, and torque-dependent drivetrain losses (Kro, Krv, Kf); and the circuit resistances (Rcom and Rone).