Thread: 2006 Motor Specs
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Re: 2006 Motor Specs
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Originally Posted by Veselin Kolev
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Found using a precision strobe light with adjustable ticks per minute. Accuracy is about +- 0.5% on the motor speeds.
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Typical tolerances on motors are +/-10-15% and that doesn't include variations due to voltage.

I have never designed a motor/gearbox application where the performance of the motor had to be within .5%, certainly never in FIRST...

For what it is worth.

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