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Re: Crab Drive

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
If it's b), which is the impression I get, that's way too fast. 60 RPM = 1 rev/sec. That's going to be uncontrollable, or close to it. You tell it to turn, and by the time you tell it to stop turning, you've done a 180-degree turn.
umm about that... Last year our module turning rate was set at 60rpm, worked out great, quite responsive, this year it was 56rpm.
So its not "way too fast" it actually works quite nicely

plus ma3 absolute analog encoders from USdigital work very well for the steering control.
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