Rango - Build diary

[Ellis]

No issue in the wiring for sure, have checked. Running 5s. With the belts off there's no load and it goes fine, but that doesn't really help, it kinda needs the belts :b

Motors barely get warm.

I wonder whether this is the first bot to be running relatively low reduction (5.75:1 on 75mm wheels is more than many) with tz85s. It rolls to a stop rather than stops suddenly like T2 always did. Perhaps the braking function of the tz85s is fighting the forwards momentum of the bot, and because grip is so high with the phat tyres, they're being overridden, and as such are shunting power around constantly with no where to go but back into the ESCs.

Aaron? Any ideas?

edit: to clarify, that is indeed what is happening in terms of visible behaviour. It rolls to a stop whereas our other bot, T2, running 24:1 planetaries, stops dead.