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to all you guys who have played a LOT with these motors..
Posted by Anton Abaya at 1/20/2001 1:12 AM EST


Coach on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / BC High and NONE AT THE MOMENT! .



we're thinking of doing some tinkering with these motors ourselves but were wondering what other teams have played with...

question 1: what is the MAXIMUM speed you think you can attain with these motors with a robot weight of ~130lbs? in ft/sec....given the proper gear ratios and CONTINUOUSLY without heating up the circuit breakers?

question 2: is there anything wrong with running the motors at a high gear and at a gear ratio that will output say 14ft/sec, but limiting the maximum speed at 10ft/sec via software?

question 3: anyone have experience with running these 1:1 at high gear or low gear?

question 4: we want to test our output amperage from that go through our wires especially the ones from our motors, compressor, etc. Someone recommended purchasing an ampmeter that would support a high amperage. Anyone have any ideas where we can purchase one? The CHEAPER the better.

thanks guys...

-anton

ps. it's really hard to make a robot with an extremely small budget with barely any experience, but forums like these and the advice i've gotten has made that possible..thanks guys.
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