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Re: regulated power for potentiometer
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Originally Posted by excel2474 View Post
Correct. We have a wide base.

The ratio in high gear is 3.7 : 1.
Wow.

I used the JVN calculator (which I think everyone should have in the Excel 'recent docs') and it seems that in high gear you're set for 20+ft/s. Which is insanely fast. It predicts a maximum drive-train draw of 680A, which will definitely cause the voltage sag issues you've been seeing.

This issue is probably compounded by the fact that you've so deeply discharged most, or all, of your batteries by now and damaged them.

Omni wheels will definitely help turning. I would strongly encourage some sort of software feature that uses low gear as much as possible.
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