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Re: One speed vs Two speed gearboxes

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Originally Posted by Jared View Post
The rotational inertia of the wheels does little to hinder robot acceleration.
Good to know. I was actually in the process of working out this math myself, but you beat me to it. I guess I'm not all that surprised that it works out to be so small, but it was the only reason I could come up with other than "it just is." I did expect it to be more like 8-9% of the robot's weight rather than <4%, but kudos for proving it.

And those wheels are just under 2 pounds each.
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