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Re: PID How to hold an arm in a fixed position without a locking gear box

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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
How about the globe motor? can it take the heat?

(we are planning on loading it at about 20% of it's stall torque spec)
I don't know of any cases of motors burning up without being at or close to stall. I do know that the Globe gearboxes start to break if you sideload them.
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