Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Wayne C.
Prior to the 05 season we buillt a protochassis with Dewalts on each of 4 wheels. When tested against our 2003 gearbox in a pushing contest they over-strained and popped out the breakers consistently. Likewise we ran the robot into a wall and found they popped out easily when the robot was forced to stall.
|
I'm confused here. Do you mean that the circuit breakers kept tripping (and presumably resetting) or do you mean that the DeWalt popped out of gear into neutral?
Were these 'bots ('03 and prototype) geared to have the same gear ratio (ie. the same 'bot speed at the same motor RPM)?
-Mr. Van
Coach, RoboDox 599