Thread: Horsepower of Kit Motors?
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Unread 05-05-2003, 03:22
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Originally posted by Gadget470
To anyone following this thread, or who just may want to know, the following is the maximum horsepower ratings for the 2003 motors.

Drill: .504
CIM: .4562
F-P: .1987
-w/ GB: .121
Globe: .053
Van: .0889
Window: .0074

Information found with the help of Ken and Al's posts, thanks a lot guys
Given the above information, can anyone explain to me how WildStang was able to use 2 Drill and 2 F-P motors, one on each rotating wheel, to go in any direction, without the Drill motors overpowering the F-P motors and throwing the whole bot into a spin.

I guess to go sideways, you could throttle back the Drill motors to match the F-P motors, but then wouldn't you have .1987 * 4 = 0.7948 effective horsepower versus 1.08 horsepower for 2 Drill motors alone?

Am I correct in assuming that WildStang was able to move faster in a forward direction that in a sideways direction?
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