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Re: Ideal Tank Platform Was: adder-subtractor ????
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Date: 
Tue, 23 Jan 2001 00:33:07 GMT
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Steve Baker <(sjbaker1@airmail.net)ihatespam()>
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Chris 'Xenon' Hanson wrote:

Anybody else have criteria they would like to add?

   Ideally:

   Both motors should be driven in 'forward' direction so if one
had a matched set of motors, you could perhaps achieve lateral
speed balance.

Well, if you read my *long* post from a week or so ago, you'll know
that motor mismatch makes up at least 11% of performance, motor
direction perhaps 1% or at most 2%, and HOW YOU BUILD YOUR MODEL
accounts for at least 7% ... even when you are being careful not
to trap axles.

Compared to those things, motor direction is almost irrelevent - and
certainly not worth much extra complexity.


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(...) Yeah, I saw that. nice work, that. I figured I'd throw it in anyway on the principle that eliminating error of any source is always a noble cause. I like to use worm drives to 'turn the corner' anyway to get the extra torque so it's not a (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) Ideally: Both motors should be driven in 'forward' direction so if one had a matched set of motors, you could perhaps achieve lateral speed balance. Forward end of tracks should be slightly elevated to grab and climb obstacles: <- Front * * * (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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