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Re: Hovercraft

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Originally Posted by iCurtis View Post
Just for arguments sake, remember robots actually weigh about 150 pounds. The 120 base that passes inspection, plus a 13 poundish battery, plus 15 pounds of battery.

Also, can you provide some documentation about motor outputs? I though CIMs output about 300 watts.
I'm going by what we're allowed circuit-breaker wise. We have a 12V system with 40amp breakers. Thus, the most power we're allowed using for a single motor is 480 watts. Due to conduction losses, the most useful power we're allowed is a bit less than that, but it is in that region of power.

I don't know the specs for the individual motors, it is possible that 480 watts through one of the kit motors is impossible.
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