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Re: Swerve Concept

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Originally Posted by Greg Woelki View Post
In this post, OP said a BAG is used for pivoting

I estimated that around 80in*lbs would be needed to turn that two-wheel module. A BAG motor has a stall torque of 3.5in*lbs, so, while more reduction would be better, I went with 100:1 in my calculation. Free speed of a BAG motor is 14000 rpm, so 140rpm with the reduction and 108rpm under the load. That works out to 0.56 seconds per rotation, or a bit over 0.25 seconds for 180 degrees.
We will most likely be using a 100:1 ration on a versa planetary gearbox, then that turns a 34t gear which tuns the 60t turning gear, I'm not to good with these gear calculations so yeah.