View Single Post
  #31   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 23-01-2008, 08:46
Kit Gerhart's Avatar
Kit Gerhart Kit Gerhart is offline
Mentor, coach, whatever--
FRC #0233 ("The Pink Team")
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Rookie Year: 1996
Location: Cape Canaveral, FL USA
Posts: 559
Kit Gerhart has a reputation beyond reputeKit Gerhart has a reputation beyond reputeKit Gerhart has a reputation beyond reputeKit Gerhart has a reputation beyond reputeKit Gerhart has a reputation beyond reputeKit Gerhart has a reputation beyond reputeKit Gerhart has a reputation beyond reputeKit Gerhart has a reputation beyond reputeKit Gerhart has a reputation beyond reputeKit Gerhart has a reputation beyond reputeKit Gerhart has a reputation beyond repute
Send a message via AIM to Kit Gerhart
Re: 2008 Motor Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by reflion View Post
Anybody know the torque of the Taigene motor? It's not listed on the specs FIRST provided, and we need to know if its a motor that we can use for our task.
I haven't found actual specs on the the Taigene motor, but we have determined that it is REALLY WIMPY compared to a similar-looking one we have, probably from 2005. Our very scientific tests involved connecting the two motors to a battery in both directions and observing how much the motors "jump" from torque reaction. The old one jumps a lot more. Our second test was of the "don't try this at home" variety. A person held the motor in one hand and an adjustable wrench on the output shaft in the other hand while a second person connected the motor wires to a battery. The old motor had a lot more torque. The motors have different worm and ring gear designs, and they also have different "winds."
__________________
Team 45, TechnoKats, 1996-2002
Team 1062, The Storm, 2003
Team 233, "The Pink Team," 2004-present

The views I express here are mine, and mine alone, not those of my team, FIRST, or my previous teams.