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Originally Posted by Adam.garcia
A general rule of thumb is to run the intake such that the speed at the tip of the roller intake is 2x your robot's max speed.
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Maybe not 2x, but gearing a linear speed of an intake faster than the drive allows you to intake while the robot is moving in any direction. Just gearing faster than the drivetrain is a better rule of thumb.
NS3517,
I don't think you're asking the right question.
The RPM of any intake is not a good measurement, because the same RPM on different rollers provide for different performance.
The most important factor of the intake is the Linear Speed, as Adam described in the quoted post. The linear speed of an intake is independent of the roller diameter, and is a better way to measure intakes across other robots.
As for motors, the 775pro is bomb.
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12-05-2016, 13:22
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