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Re: 3 CIM Drive Train Battery Draw

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Originally Posted by yash101 View Post
The CIM's each only draw how much power is required to accelerate the bot. 3 CIMs only become useful if your robot is playing tug-of-war (or push of war) . The CIMs are rated at 67A/hr? That doesn't mean that they will always use 67 amps. That is what will happen on full load, and I think you have other things to worry about by then!
Please do a LOT more homework before posting information like this. What you posted was terribly incorrect information.

6 cims can accelerate a robot faster than 4 cims, so they draw more power total.

Cims are not 'rated for 67A/hr'...motors aren't rated by charge capacity, batteries are.

Cims won't always use 67A, but at stall (maximum torque) they can draw 133A. At peak power output they will draw 68A.
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