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Re: Does motor temp affect performance?

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
It would be most interesting if teams experiencing hot CIM motors could provide some information about their robot design.

In the case of CIMs used for driving, that data might include ratio of gearbox, sprocket teeth count if using chains, how many CIMs (2 or 4 or ?), and wheel diameter and type of wheel.
- 6WD powered by 4CIMs through AM Toughboxes
- 6" Plaction wheels with roughtop tread
- roughly 18:1 gear ratio from CIM to wheel

however, we have a plywood tray holding our pneumatics, roughly at the base of the toughboxes, and a plywood electronics board practically sitting on top of it. No way to avoid it, as we're a tunnel bot.

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