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Originally Posted by sanddrag
Our 6V motors didn't mind one bit running at a full 12V. One of them even lost its internal fand blades and it still didn't even get warm. It is all in how you use them. I hate such generalizations as (for example) "the 6V FPs burn out, you should use the 12V ones." We had great success with the 6V ones and enjoy every Watt of power we have over everyone else. |
You are absolutely correct, because we customized a gearbox for the 6V FPs we had like 900:1 reduction to actuate our arm, and then when we got to our competition to switch out our FP's, they had a different number of teeth on them, and without the resources to swap the pinions, we stayed with our 6 V FPs and they held up just fine. However the AM Planetary is not enough reduction for the 6V motors running at 12 V.
I 'm banking on them not giving us 6V motors again.