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Originally Posted by JDNovak
... The issue with all this is available energy and where it gets absorbed.
... Bottom line is you can choose to steer fast or accelerate fast but not both at the same time.
... I'm looking into improving steering efficiency and reducing motor size but until then power management is the only option. This never seemed to be a problem before the larger steering motors arrived.
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Dr. Joe and John, too? Wow, there is a lot of horsepower in this thread!
How much acceleration is needed for swerve steering? Is Dr. Joe correct about 90 deg in 60 ms? What trajectory, maybe some kind of spline to reduce or eliminate jerks?
How important is swerve module moment of inertia about the steering axis? How important is scrub? Will overhung motor mass and fat treads be significant factors?
(Is Ether reading this?)
John, what do you think are the window motor attributes that kept this from being a problem in the past? Can a motor engineer help with this?
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