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Originally Posted by Chris is me
For the show, that's roughly 8 feet per second on a non-mecanum drive. I know my team was planning on a 12FPS configuration using 6 motors, but a few tests showed that 8FPS was plenty fast for a driver that hadn't tackled carpet before. With the bumps less than 24 feet apart, being able to get across 2 zones in 4 seconds would be nice but I think that's definitely not integral this year  |
Actually the gear ratio gives ~11.5 fps before losses. The direct drive and burn in process make it VERY efficient, so I'd say we were hitting 9.5-10fps.