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Re: Can you mount the tires directly on the gear box?

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Originally Posted by M. Krass View Post
Remember that the 5342 RPM number is the approximate free speed of the CIM motor. When placed under load, the motors will run quite a bit slower than their free speed.
Interesting; I was under that suspicion but I assumed that the drop in RPM would be fairly small. In that case, my question becomes: How can you accurately calculate the FPS of the robot based on the loaded speed of the motor?