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Re: multiple motors
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:46:37 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Travis Kunce wrote:
> Hey ya'll
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> I'm building my first sumo bot, and have a suber basic question. What happens
> when you hook two motors to the same output of the rcx.
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> This answer should hopefully help me decide weather the bot is made with 2 or 4
> drive motors. currently i have 2 motors, but the deign i'm using could easily
> be adapted to fit 4 if there is any advantage to doing so.
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> thanks for any help you can give me.
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> -tk
Hi Travis,
As you can see in my motors page (http://www.philohome.com/motors/motorcomp.htm
, paragraph "Getting maximum mechanical power from RCX output"), two 71427
motors per RCX output provides the greatest mechanical power, and should be
"RCX-fry-safe", see also "Protections" paragraph (but don't blame me if a
problem happens ;o)
Cheers,
Philo
www.philohome.com
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