Thread: Adding FP Motor to '05 KOP Transmission
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Re: Adding FP Motor to '05 KOP Transmission
The KOP transmission was designed to take the torque loading in the arm configuration. If you stay below the max torque at the output stage in the arm configuration, then you can use the FP motor to drive the KOP transmission.

We used the globe motor with one KOP gearbox to drive our arm last year and it worked fine. The KOP transmission manual has the output torque curve for the arm configuration in the Appendix. If you stay below that maximum output torque, then you should be good to go.

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