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Re: pic: VEX Solar Tracker Gearbox
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Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence
The idea was to make it "follow" the sun, rather than track it and adjust accordingly. This gearbox relies on the VEX motor shown to run at 5 rotations per minute. Will it? Who knows. It was never built to fully function, just to prove the concept. However, I would love to fine tune it and make it work next September, when class resumes.
This project was for a final project for my robotics class.
-Nick
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Honestly, I couldn't say if you could get it to run reliably at 5 RPM or not.
If you are using a Vex controller, you "should" be able to. There are approximately 120 steps for forward and the same for reverse. So, that gives about .833 rmp per step. Theoretically it will work. Although, one more stage of reduction will put the motor in a much more controllable range. 
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