Thread: Using 6 motors in a drive system?
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Unread 12-01-2005, 21:19
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Re: Using 6 motors in a drive system?
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Originally Posted by FIRST JerseyKid
If you were to put 6 motors in a robot just to drive it around for the 2 minutes and 15 seconds would you have enough battery for 1) The whole round and 2) For other things 3) A compressor ???
You have an 18 AH battery. That is 60*18=1080 amp*minutes. For a 2.25 minute match, you can draw 1080/2.25=480 amps. You have a circuit breaker which will limit you to less than that.

Answer: Yes.
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