What RPM Should V5 Motors be at?

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Our teams will have V5 in time for next season, but we have never used those motors before. Which RPM is the most efficient for general things, such as a lift or the drive? Thanks!

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V5 motors come in three configurations:
100 RPM
200 RPM (default)
600 RPM

For reference, the old motor gearings are:
Torque - 100RPM
High Speed - 160RPM
Turbo - 240PM

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For your drive, definitely use the standard 200 rpm motors. For your lift, you may want torque motors if you are only using one, but you can still use 200 rpm motors. You will only need the 600 rpm for an intake or flywheel. And if you are doing a puncher or catapult, you may want to use torque motors.

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Sweet! Thanks for the advice.

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Actually my team is using 200 rpm flywheel and are completely fine. I think it completely depends on the type of robot you make.

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You can use whatever RPM motor you want on a flywheel, but it’s normally best to use the 600RPM motor inserts. Because the flywheel will be turning at a higher RPM than any of the motor speeds you will have to gear it no matter what, but the 600RPM motors require less gearing because the 600RPM inserts already gear the motor down less than the other inserts. Less gearing means less friction, which is certainly a good thing for a flywheel.

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@P_Mania is right you will be gearing a flywheel to 2000 or more rpm but the 600 rpm requires less external plastic gearing which as he implies has much more friction and is not nearly as efficient as the machined metal internal gearing. We are doing 3000 rpm–600 rpm cartridges x 60tooth gear driving a 12 tooth gear. Using two motors we get near 100% of the 600 rpm free spinning, no load speed. We though also did a single 200 rpm motor geared 11.67:1 for 2333 rpm and got near 90%. Both worked for shooting paired with 2 x 5" traction wheels. The two motors just recovered faster. We though had difficulty using a single 600 rpm on the 11.67:1 gearing. There are so many variables and no single combination can be said to be the best.

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Or use 200 rpm cartridges for all of them if your team failed to order other cartridges before they were taken off the store…

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our flywheel hangs around 195 rpm

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big oof