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Re: 2005 Motor Information

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Originally Posted by russell
I dont think thats right. Dont know why, but something seems funny about it. For I think because you are plotting the speed at stall at the beginning then the rest of the time you plot the free speed. Something like that.
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Originally Posted by sciguy125
As far as I know, brushed motors are linear. Plot torque vs speed. 0 speed, stall torque is your first point. Full speed, 0 torque is your other point. Draw a straight line and you have your "curve."
In fact, sciguy125 is mostly right, except that usually, you plot speed vs. torque with stall torque (the max.) at the extreme right of the x-axis, and the torque corresponding to free speed (i.e. 0 torque) at the origin.

Maybe you were thinking of current?
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