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Re: pic: 114 is thinking of what?!

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Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor View Post
I really, really don't want this to turn into one of the other 50 threads on CD about surface area v. traction. So please, let's focus on a gearbox, not on a debate that's raging elsewhere.
I think it's an important distinction here...If you design a mechanism based on an assumption, you may end up finding out later that you didn't need 6 motors, and could have saved time, weight, and effort by just using 4, for example.

It's my personal opinion that 6 motor drives have a very small niche, and are almost never a better choice than 4 motors. The only reason I would ever use 6 motors is if I was making a single speed drivetrain and wanted to keep my speed high, while still having some torque (and I probably wouldn't, even then).

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