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Unread 18-01-2005, 12:39
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Re: 2005 Motor Information

Question from the floor?

Why is the stall current on the FP motor different from the FP motor with gearbox? If the motor is stalled, how does it know or why does it care that there's a gearbox attached to it? Shouldn't it have the same resistance and stall current whether you stop the rotation on the output shaft, or the motor pinion, or anywhere in between?

Oops, I see that Mike Betts asked the same question in the FP pinion thread. I'll wait and see what all the empirical data provides.
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