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Originally Posted by EricH
The Big CIMs were before you were involved, I think--I remember them in '06 and maybe '07. Many teams noticed that they didn't have the same or better performance as the CIMs that we use these days, which we also had then. They were also about the third-heaviest item in the KOP, weighing in right behind the batteries and the compressor. Hence, a lot of teams didn't use them.
The teams that did tended to use them outside of the drivetrain.
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OK, I can understand not using the large CIMs because of their larger size and weight, but that was not the reason given.
According to the motor curves I have, the large CIMs seem to be more efficient (power out divided by power in) than the small CIMs. Perhaps I have the wrong curves? Or perhaps it wasn't a question of efficiency but rather the higher power output of the small CIMs ?
Is there someone from Team 75 that remembers this analysis and could fill in some details?
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04-12-2010, 20:55
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