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Re: What is your drivetrain's top speed?

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Originally Posted by jdaming View Post
Yes, that was meant to be 10-13. I did see that the kitbot was listed at but also thought (or hope) that most kitbot teams will elect to use two CIM motors rather than just one that the 10 is derived from.
Using multiple motors won't change the top speed significantly, though they will decrease the time it takes to get to top speed.



3946 is geared for 12.7 ft/s per AM's calculations - 2015 gearing, 2016-17 wheels. We're using 4 drive CIMs and keeping the weight down by only using four wheels and two belts on a "half-long" chassis to keep the current draw reasonable.

OBTW, thanks to the folks at AM for putting those churro holes 4-1/4" either side of the drive bearing! So far, the only drilling we've done to the chassis were to accommodate rivets and rivnuts rather tan 10-32 and nylocks.
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