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Re: new Mindstorms servos?
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Mon, 9 Jan 2006 02:54:04 GMT
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Ignacio Martinez Vazquez <IGNAMV@stopspammersGMAIL.COM>
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> predict how the motor will be used in practice, it is better
> (IMHO) to leave the motor at it's 'natural' RPM and NOT to
> gear it down inside the motor housing. • snippy
> For that reason (and others), I predict that the NXT motors
> will be less useful than the RCX style motors.
Maybe your complaint is the excessive gearing of the new motor, but
otherwise it makes no sense, because the RCX motors are geared too.
They are targeted to the vast majority of uses, so most people won't
need big geartrains in their models.
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| The problem with gearing down motors in order to exchange RPM for torque is that if you actually NEED RPM rather than torque then you have to gear them back up again. If you have a high RPM motor to start with, you have to gear it down in order to (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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