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08-08-2008, 10:20 AM
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|  COG ?? You mean CG?
Why does the RC crawling community refer to "center of gravity" as COG, instead of CG like everyone else? COG is a tooth on a gear, or what an electric motor does when it "jerks". Since we have both gears and electric motors that we deal with on RC crawlers, it seems like it would make sense to use the term CG to avoid confusion. I know this is being anal, but I was just wondering how this got started. If you were to tell someone you were from the United States of America, would you say "I'm from the USOA"?
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08-08-2008, 10:23 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC
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You're right,crud. But trying to teach 100's of newbies the proper terms is a very large task. Good Luck !
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08-08-2008, 10:25 AM
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because the rest of the motorsports industry uses the term cog would be my guess. it is a commonly used term yes cog is a tooth of a gear ,in this hobby everyone says tooth of a gear lol maybe they should change the term for when a brushless motor cog's to something like stalls |
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08-08-2008, 10:45 AM
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heres an idea who cares as long as we know what their talking about tamato tomato |
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08-08-2008, 10:49 AM
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08-08-2008, 10:58 AM
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08-08-2008, 11:06 AM
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It is weird. It is usually easy to tell what the person is talking about thought. COG could mean a number of things, as can CG. As for Cogging reffering to brushless motors stalling, from what I have learned that is an incorrect term also. The studdering when the motor stalls is just that, stalling. Cogging is when you spin the motor by hand and you feel the bumpy resistance in it (like spinning a brushed motor).
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08-08-2008, 11:23 AM
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I can always tell what someone is referring to, so I guess it's a non issue. I was just stating something I noticed, because I'm bored at work. I Didn't mean to stirr the pot. I am new to the RC world, so I am by no means an expert. I have just been around 1:1 crawlers a little, and been around drag racing my whole life, and have always heard everyone refer to it as CG. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining! I love this site, and have probably learned a lot from the people who are using the COG term! It may not be incorrect. I've just never seen it used before.
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08-08-2008, 12:03 PM
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cg means computer generated and cog means center of gravity  |
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08-08-2008, 12:06 PM
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The problem has arisen from the fact that one correct abbreviation for Centre of Gravity is CoG wit ha lowercase 'o'. Lowercase 'o' is often used in acronyms to represent 'of' so CoG is correct, technically. The problem is some people don't understand the importance of the case of the letters, either because school didn't tach them that or that they think they know, or assume they know, better. Some people seem think acronym = capitals letters. Incorrect. Acronyms are abbreviations made using the initial letter of each word. If that letter is lower case, as 'of' is, then it STAYS lower case. CG and CoG are correct acronyms of 'Centre of Gravity'. COG is bloody wrong, got it? ;) I agree that as long as everyone understands each other we are okay, but I thought I'd point out just why it's ended up being typed wrong so many times. DISCLAIMER: If you are in any way offended by this post or my tone then please plant your head in a bucket of iced water, count to 10 and then dry yourself off and come to your senses. I'm only joking around  |
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08-08-2008, 12:19 PM
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 ...and you are correct that CG is the defined abbreviation.  | |
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08-08-2008, 12:32 PM
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08-08-2008, 12:37 PM
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08-08-2008, 12:40 PM
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chit chat.
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08-08-2008, 12:43 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: in a basement in Kalispell, MT
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If you're gonna be a tightwad, shouldn't it be C.O.G. or C.G.?
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08-08-2008, 01:54 PM
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Race Car Vehicle Dynamics refers to it as CG.
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08-08-2008, 02:18 PM
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Is COG important in bed?
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08-08-2008, 02:22 PM
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Actually, in reference to reading posts on the forum, I like the term COG better because it easily stands out from GC, which is often used here also.
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08-08-2008, 03:26 PM
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I prefer "center of gravity" or "ground clearance" over COG or GC because typing out letters in place of properly typed words shows laziness. Just like everyone using instant messaging shorthand. Laziness,thats all it is.
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