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Re: Motor sizing

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Originally Posted by mreda View Post
just a question what is the purpose of a motor controller? and the gearbox will allow the independent movement of the two motors or would I need two of them?
To provide varying amounts of electricity to the motors, and to make them turn on, you will need a motor controller for each motor you use. A gearbox is just a set of gears packaged together that will reduce the speed of the motors' output while increasing the torque. If you use the gearbox I linked, you will need one gearbox, 2 motors, and 2 motor controllers for each tread.
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