Thread: gear ratio
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Unread 21-11-2008, 01:59
CraigHickman
 
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Re: gear ratio

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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
The lower ratio (9:1) will give a faster moving robot.
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Originally Posted by Madison View Post
...operating with the unwritten assumption that all other things are equal.
Yeah. 9:1 will (probably, depending on the motor...) give you a higher top speed. Acceleration is a totally different ball game, and requires some really fun math that no one ever got around to teaching me. (to be totally honest, I'm not a math guy.... Hence the Sociology major)

I seem to recall from my lurking there being a spreadsheet floating around that calculates acceleration as well as top speed for FRC bots... Am I mistaken? Anyone know where this tool is?