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Unread 25-05-2010, 15:22
Andrew Schreiber Andrew Schreiber is offline
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Re: pic: Schreiber Take on West Coast Drive

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Originally Posted by JamesCH95 View Post
I think your powertrain calcs are probably fine, and I wouldn't worry too much about acceleration. My freshman year (2001) we ran 2 Bosch drill motors geared for 10ft/s and it worked wonderfully, 4 cims should have plenty of torque to get you by. You probably won't win a pushing match against a hardcore pushing robot, but that's what shifting transmissions are for if you chose to use them.
Yeah, looking into it, interfacing a Super Shifter in there with a 45:20 gear set would be feasible. I may have to buy an extended output shaft. The ratios wouldn't be optimal though. By tweaking the way I drive the center wheel I could also use the Gen 1 shifters which offer slightly better ratios. But that would get pricey real quick.
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