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Re: small banebot motor with 64:1 gearbox

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Originally Posted by burkey_turkey View Post
sorry, but im new at this, so when you say it backdrives, does that mean that if i had the motor connected to some arm (via chains) and i lift it up and stop it, pressure on the motor can make it wander backwards and fall some? if i put just a little bit of current through the motor or something would the problem be fixed?
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...&highlight=PID


That thread should help out a bit


But in a rough case, yes, you can run the motor a bit and keep the arm in a fixed position, We've had to do it in the past.
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