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Re: Don Don Don

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Originally Posted by JVN View Post
If you're geared "reasonably" and your drivetrain doesn't have some ridiculous friction load (or is a Mecanum), the CIMs will run at about 81% of their free speed when at top speed.
John, do you have any information about the test conditions used to establish the 81%? And how much does that vary? (I've always made a similar approximation, but I don't have any hard data to back it up.)