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Originally Posted by Collin Fultz
I'm curious why you need both Mabuchi's powering your roller? Have you done testing to determine you need that much available torque? In our tests, it was more of a speed issue than a torque issue. Have you had other experience?
Don't get me wrong, it looks great. I'm just curious why 2 motors instead of 1.
Thanks!
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Collin,
I was looking at the torque of the motors and I decided to try one motor. After a minute of continous run with our setup the motor seemed to get very hot. Later on in the day we chucked two motors into the box and it seemed to run fine for about 5-6 minutes without heating up much.
Since we had the weight, we are using two mabuchi's for our roller. We are also adding a heatsink/fan to keep them cool.
Thanks,
-RC