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Re: Crab Drive Problems

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Originally Posted by Lesman View Post

And second, a more mechanical question. What RPMs should these modules be going at? Our team was shooting for 120RPMs, approximately a 1:2 gearing from the denso window motors, and a similar setup on a globe.
In previous years we have gone with a 1:1 ratio from a globe motor to our wheel boxes to turn them. Turning faster would have been nice, but we were always limited by the torque needed to turn grippy wheels on carpet.