Building a hood intake for our robot this year and I am wondering what speed should I do for the intake. Is a blue motor geared down to 360rpm a good combo?
General rule of thumb for the “touch it - own it” philosophy is you want your intake to be at least 2x as fast as your drivetrain.
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Can I get away with a 360 rpm intake on 333rpm 3.25 inch drive? Or do I need to speed up the intake?
While it may work, it would probably be better to run at around 600 rpm.
Are your intake wheels the same size as your drive wheels? If so, then it looks like you should target an intake speed of 666rpm.
If intake wheels are smaller, then run them faster. If bigger, then slower. It’s all about tip speed.
Ok Im just trying to avoid bogging the motor too much. Any ways to avoid that?
run 600rpm, especially for a single motor intake. you can run 900 or even 1200 with two motors
Just make sure to optimize friction. 1 motor 600rpm intakes work fine if you do.
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Just from my experience personally, my flex wheel intake worked really well on just 200 rpm, I believe it is more about the other variable like the angle of the ramp for example. Based soley off of my experience.