Can you mount the tires directly on the gear box?

Madison · #1 13-01-2007, 01:47

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Originally Posted by Daru

We calculated that we would go just under 9fps if we ran the kitbot wheels (6") on the 16:1 transmission with a CIM. We used the max RPM of 5342, which we got off the FIRST Wiki. Just another alternative

Remember that the 5342 RPM number is the approximate free speed of the CIM motor. When placed under load, the motors will run quite a bit slower than their free speed.

Daru · #2 13-01-2007, 09:04

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Originally Posted by M. Krass

Remember that the 5342 RPM number is the approximate free speed of the CIM motor. When placed under load, the motors will run quite a bit slower than their free speed.

Interesting; I was under that suspicion but I assumed that the drop in RPM would be fairly small. In that case, my question becomes: How can you accurately calculate the FPS of the robot based on the loaded speed of the motor?

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