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Re: Need general drive train expertise

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Originally Posted by JesseK View Post
After writing a front-end to Ether's sims and playing with it a bit, very large swings in weight will have an effect on acceleration from a theory perspective. Torque remains the same, but the mass is larger, thus acceleration is lower.
Changing the weight will likely affect the rolling resistance of the bot, especially on carpet.

If you change the rolling resistance parameter(s) in the model accordingly, it will affect top speed as well.