Hey I’m running a flywheel on 3 speed motors 35:1 with a ratchet mechanism…Would the flywheel be better running on torque motors than speed or is speed fine?
Assuming you’re using 393 motors, torque motors run at 100rpm, meaning that the flywheel will theoretically be 3500rpm. If you were to use speed motors that run 160rpm (iirc), thats a 5600rpm flywheel with speed. Personally, I’d run it with the 100rpm motors, its a huge increase in torque and will have plenty speed. I only needed to run my flywheel around 2500rpm to hit full court shots, so 3500rpm is more than enough to reach from anywhere on the field, and the amount of torque with torque motors should get you through a full match with no burn outs.