how much is too much on the DRILL MOTORS?

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Posted by Anton Abaya at 1/30/2001 11:16 PM EST


Coach on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / BC High and NONE AT THE MOMENT! .



okay we have our drive train running and might i say it kicks butt... at low gear it has some speed, but at high, it pretty much shocked us all how much speed it gave!!! we ran it for several minutes and it seemed to work rather well...

other than say getting an amp meter, checking the heat of the motors, etc..etc... what's a good way to debug a drive train on high gear and see if there are any kinks in running it that high....?

and when we do run it that high, what exactly should i be watching other than the motors? the gearboxes with the planetary gears? the shafts? the chains? wheels? wires? speed controlers? wHAT? i'd rather break it now on high gear than later....but any recommendations in safely trying it?

i'll give our gear ratio if joe posts his... in any case, please help us (me) out in bug testing this baby....

-anton

ps. if we added wings to this, i bet we can make it fly.