Thread: Torque curves
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Unread 29-04-2004, 15:01
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Re: Torque curves
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Originally Posted by Ian Mackenzie
Anyways, don't take my word for it - Joe Johnson posted a spreadsheet a couple of years ago which asks you for a few simple parameters (voltage, stall torque, stall current, free speed, free current) and comes up with plots of speed, torque, power, and efficiency. It also has a sheet of information on FIRST motors (although be careful; the Fisher-Price motor is certainly out of date, and others may be as well).
My design calculator whitepaper has all of this stuff, including an updated version of Joe's paper, most of it has been updated for 2004.

John
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