Thread: HELP!
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Unread 17-03-2008, 16:56
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Re: HELP!

I believe your tranmission reduction choice is not low enough. Looking at your 8" wheels being fed directly by the output of the 12:1 tranny makes me think impossible. Could someone check my math while I go do an errand, I backed into a calculation that this design is too low a torque to actually pull much weight. I am guessing that the motors are running very hot after a match and are likely tripping the breakers.
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