CIM motor testing

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by efoote868

I must admit, I didn't think of that.

I like the simplicity of the design, but the other part of this is I'm trying to keep a group of high schoolers busy with the project
I might do that as a secondary test to see if the results align.

The test Ether and Gus recommend will give you results that are much less sensitive on variation due to internal motor heating, compared to the winch lift test. Lifting will tempt you to use heavier loads so that elapsed time is longer, and therefore easier to compare. However, longer test duration will heat the motors, causing maximum available power to decrease significantly.

See my results from a few years ago, and VexPro's more recent three-minute power test results, to understand how internal motor heating reduces maximum power.