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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
You raise valid points about what is limitting acceleration (and, as you and JamesCH95 alluded to, it's often elements of the motor/drivetrain itself), but you have a pretty significant flaw in your argument. 25.74 ft/s2 isn't equal to 25.74 ft/s. Just because you're accelerating at rate x, doesn't mean your maximum speed is x.
Another point is that radial wheel [drivetrain] acceleration and linear robot acceleration are two different matters, though often linked together in FRC scenarios.
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No, his arguement is correct.
He implied an acceleration of 25.74 ft/s^2 over a time interval of one second would result in a velocity of 25.74 ft/s. He then commented based on experience/anecdotal evidence that teams are not doing this, and therefore are not traction limited.