Thread: combined free speed of 3 motors
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Re: combined free speed of 3 motors
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Originally Posted by Ether View Post

Worthy of note: If you combine motors with substantially mismatched free speeds, the free current for the combination can be large, and thus the value of Kt for the combination at high speeds will be less than the value calculated at stall.

I think this may be what James was trying to say.
That is what I was trying to figure out; I just wasn't able to figure out a way to tell for sure (ie, make the graph). Thanks.
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