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Re: First Robotics Books

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
I believe a larger pinion was put on the large CIM to compensate for this.
If the large and small CIMs were geared so that each one was running at the same percent of its own no-load speed, then the large+small combination should be more power-efficient than the small+small combination, according to the motor curves I have for the large and small CIMs.

If there's a piece of the puzzle that's missing perhaps someone from Team 75 who was involved in this analysis would clarify.




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