Just Getting Started- have loads of stupid questions.

[I'll Play One Day]

Slight hiccup when it comes to motors. The pallet truck motors are massive and not suitable (never really clocked their size before).But I've noticed that the steering motor is about the right size and has about 4:1 down gearing. they are however, brushed and not brushless. I've read that brushed motors are, due to their inefficiency, much more tolerant to stalled conditions, so they would possibly make better motors for a robot. they are only 185W @ 24V, but being industrial motors will be massively over engineered so they don't fail over thousands of hours of use. Would I be correct in thinking that the torque increases at a linear rate with the reduction ratio?

[Ocracoke]

Yes, I believe this is the case. That is why I went with such a high (perhaps too high) a ratio on my axe for my MW, to ensure it'll definitely self right.

[I'll Play One Day]

To be honest, it's over three decades since my theory exams, but that's what rings a bell