My team is trynna figure out what gear ratio to use for our drivetrain. We are using 3.25 omni wheels and six blue motors. We are thinking about 25 to 30 holes for the c-channels. Should we do a 60:36 or 48:48 gear ratio?
The plan is to have three wheels on each side and have the motors vertical (stack or clump) w/ two motors running two gears and one motor running an omni wheel. Is this good? What would work best?
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I recommend 36:48 (36 being the driven gear, please correct me if I wrote the ratio incorrectly), as 450 rpm is the most common speed. Don’t do anything more than 480 (48:60) with 3.25”, it’ll end up overheating quickly with poor acceleration. 36:60 with 36 as the driven gear would be decent, if a little slow.