Our team doesn’t have enough of the same teeth gears for idlers and was wondering what the advantage is to doing something like 36:60 for 360 output rather than other gears and changing the rpm to 360 in code.

A gear ratio allows you to control both speed and torque => by having 36:60 gear ratio on a 600rpm motor you get less speed (360 rpm) but more torque (x1.6). By simply controlling motor speeds you can achieve the same speed goal, but you sacrafice torque in the process since the direct drive motor …

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When you “gear down” mechanically, you not only reduce the output speed (RPM) but also gain a corresponding “increase in torque”, which gives you a “mechanical advantage”. However, when you reduce the speed using code alone, you don’t get that same torque boost; you’re just telling the motor to sp…

Short Answer / TL:DR Gear ratios change the limits of the motor’s output - the maximum speed and the maximum torque. Coding for rpm changes just changes the speed of the motor, given that it is within bounds of the current gear ratio’s maximum speed. We use both all the time - I for example use ge…

your output speed will the the same but you loose a lot of your torque. like a ton. so your baisically intentionally bogging down your motors and drive. also FYI it doenst matter what size the idler gears are. they idle they have no impact on the end speed. only the input(driving gears with motors c…

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Using a 36:60 gear ratio to achieve 360 RPM provides a crucial torque multiplication , allowing your motors to exert more force on the output mechanism than if they were directly spinning at that speed. While you can adjust RPM in code, it doesn’t inherently increase the motor’s torque output; it me…

Difference between gear ratios and lowering rpm via code

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