Accelerometer Suggestions

[6600gt]

Originally Posted by Donut

It's about 54 feet per second squared (acceleration, not velocity). I figured out already that a robot geared to 9 feet per second can get an acceleration somewhere around 1.7 or 1.8 gs. I want a little wiggle room though to help account for deadband and the sensor I get not being perfectly with the specs.

Of course I hope on having a fast robot, so it might not be an issue since that will have a slower acceleration. I'm just gathering suggestions.

Now I am not saying you are wrong, but how did you arrive at that 9ft/s robot achieving a 1.7g?

This would theoretically mean that, if it could go that fast, it could reach a speed of 54ft/s from 0ft/s in just one second. I thought that such G's might only be "possible" during a full speed collision.