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Originally Posted by Jared341
To offset the increased weight that such a large motor (or so many smaller motors) plus a power source, you're going to need to further increase your load of "CIM equivalents". You also are going to need the appropriate gearing so that your motors run at the "peak power" point of their curves for you (roughly 1/2 the free RPMs).
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Well, if it is a push-mower, then the weight wouldn't necessarily have anything to do with the number of motors you would need. However, the gearing selection might have enough efficiency loss (trying to combine ~10 motors into one gearbox? Yeesh.) to increase the number of motors you need. At the same time, you might not necessarily need all 3.8 HP, so you could reduce the requirements somewhat there.
In any case--I probably wouldn't recommend putting together a bunch of CIMs for this application!