Intake wheel motors

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Originally Posted by GeeTwo

With PG71s, it's hard to get the wheel big enough for a decent tip speed. PG27s are nearly three times as fast. We used a PG-27 with a 6" wheel for our Aerial Assist pickup. For our tennis ball pickup in offseason, we used BAG motors and 5:1 reduction - plenty fast even with a 4" wheel; almost too fast for our purposes (we had a few balls jam inside until we made some adjustments).

Wheels are good, but using tubes connected to motors are considerable too. With right measurements, you get a larger connection with ball and it makes it easier to take the ball.