Thread: Overclocked's Rover Reveal
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Re: Overclocked's Rover Reveal
The 10:1 ratio was not my first choice because I was hoping to have a higher top speed, but I wanted to be sure to have enough torque to break the tires free. I decided we had more margin on top speed than on torque. Gave up some of the former to get more of the latter.

That said, it is still tolerably fast. Not blinding but I think we could live with it if we had to.

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