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Re: Three Mini-CIMs in a gearbox?

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Originally Posted by mrnoble View Post
What do you think the results would be if three minis were used in place of two CIMs in a drive train? I know about the speed/power differences. Has anyone tried it? A couple advantages I can think of would be:
  • Reduction in space taken up by motors
  • Saving the most powerful motors for other applications

Anyway, just curious what y'all think.
It would work out to being roughly equivalent to two CIMs. Likely slightly lower power/weight in terms of motor thermal mass, so slightly more robust to overheating (which isn't really a concern for most teams in drive anyway).

Requires more speed controllers, wire etc...