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Re: Ball Magnet

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Originally Posted by Jones571 View Post
What motors have people been using for there magnets in testing? We had sucess with the 550's
I believe the 555 motor this year is much weaker than in years past. The new motor has around 40 watts while the old ones were well over 100.

We were thinking of using the FP motor for our wheels, geared to give a surface velocity on the ball of 17 fps.
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