Quote Originally Posted by Ocracoke View Post
Nah. If they are rated for 24v, the 22.2v LiPo and the 85A speed controller are more than enough. I've ran 4x of the Gimson motors on my middleweight robot Kaizen and that had enough grunt to work happily for a little while but couldn't take the pounding so often ended up blowing one or two after each event. Your arrangement is OK.

It may be worth checking your gearbox at the moment to see if any of the stages are plastic. An all metal affair will be more reliable when it comes to a pushing contest or flooring it. However, pinning the wheel to the shaft will be the same regardless of the gear material because the shaft will be made of metal.
Thanks a lot for the reply! Sorry for the long reply, been one of those weeks!

That's good to know In your opinion then is there a more reliable way of mounting wheels other than pinning straight to the gearbox? I'm looking for the most robust thing I can find at the minute being as my robot currently only has a spike ha ha

Thanks a lot!