Thread: Gearing down motors
View Single Post
  #3   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 15-01-2004, 21:09
Jeremy Roberts's Avatar
Jeremy Roberts Jeremy Roberts is offline
Coach 4026
FRC #4026 (Global Dynamics)
Team Role: Engineer
  
Join Date: Dec 2001
Rookie Year: 1997
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Posts: 229
Jeremy Roberts has a brilliant futureJeremy Roberts has a brilliant futureJeremy Roberts has a brilliant futureJeremy Roberts has a brilliant futureJeremy Roberts has a brilliant futureJeremy Roberts has a brilliant futureJeremy Roberts has a brilliant futureJeremy Roberts has a brilliant futureJeremy Roberts has a brilliant futureJeremy Roberts has a brilliant futureJeremy Roberts has a brilliant future
Send a message via AIM to Jeremy Roberts
Re: Gearing down motors
Quote:
Originally Posted by MechaJag
We're fairly new to the game of robotics and everything that goes along with it. One question we have is: Are the CIM motors a good motor to run your entire robot off of. We were planning on using the CIM motors this year instead of the drill motors. We had a ton of problems with the drill motors last year. Are we going to have to gear the CIM motors down to run two wheels off each motor? Will the CIM motor be efficient enough to pull two wheels? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Either the drills or the CIMs will be fine as long as they are geared down (we choose how fast we wanted to move and geared accordingly). We are also using the 2 CIMs to to drive our robot.
__________________
Jeremy Roberts
GeorgiaFIRST Planning Committee | Peachtree Regional
Georgia Tech RoboJackets FIRST Co-Founder
Engineer/Mentor 4026
Former teams: 132, 608, 832, 1002, 1848