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Re: Need advice on motors, gearboxes, and ESCs

Thank you all again so much for your advice. We've decided to go with the CIM motors (full size) and VersaPlanetary gearboxes.

With a 5:1 gearbox and 6" wheels, that gives us 1717 oz-in (107.3125 in-lbs) of torque with a speed of 6MPH.

Do you think that's enough torque to move a ~60lb robot?

I attached a spreadsheet with our list of parts and speed/torque calculations. Any final advice you could give us would be great!

Thanks!
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File Type: xlsx LURC motors, gearboxes, wheels, escs (WIP).xlsx (12.0 KB, 5 views)
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