My team is testing our pitching machine styled shooter and we were trying to figure out which motor is most ideal.
My first thoughts were to choose a motor with the highest rpm. However, it concerns me that those motors have a smaller torque and could potentially end up failing and/or providing WAY too much speed to ever be useful. Is there a way to calculate the torque placed on motor in a pitching machine setup? Does this depend on how much 'squish' we place on the ball when it is fed through?
Or what are good motor specs to look for? Currently we are considering the FisherPrice motor (fc12-28), with a stall torque of 0.532 Nm and an rpm of 20770.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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