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Re: Can anyone validate my motor calculations?

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Originally Posted by GeeTwo View Post
BTW, If you counterbalance your load with about 20-25 lb, you'd nearly double your top speed with a full load. At a price - unless you had a large chain loop or deep cable run so that your counterweight was at the back of the robot, this would move your center of gravity even farther "forward".
Counterweights don't have to be sheer mass, they can be things such as constant force springs, or surgical tubing. The vertical requirement of the lift is a determining factor in these options though
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