AM Snowblower motor info
 

Has anyone used the motor enough to know its advantages and disadvantages?

I read a review on AM that said the plastic worm gear striped. Do you think this motor, geared properly, and perhaps paired up could be used for the rope climb?

Re: AM Snowblower motor info
 

The snow blower motor, and many of the other window motor / van door motors that are available to use tend to be very low in the power range. The snow blower motor you are mentioning has a max output of about 20 watts, while a normal CIM motor has a max output of about 340 watts.

These motors are good for applications where you need to move something that doesn't' have very much load on it (turning a turreted shooter would be a good example). They are fairly compact and lightweight, and good for this kind of application. Things like climbing, which require a lot of power to do, are better accomplished with high power motors, like CIMs, 775 series motors, or 550 series motors.

Re: AM Snowblower motor info
 

For Stronghold we used the snowblower motor to raise and lower our boulder pickup mechanism and found it could take a great deal of mechanical and electrical abuse. I can personally vouch for the thermal protection claim in the description. However, some quick numbers on a napkin suggest that while you could use it to raise a 120 pound robot (with sufficient external gearing), you will need a lot of time to do it. There are far better choices.

Disclaimer: It's 6:14 AM after an entire weekend in the shop, so this may be undecipherable.

Re: AM Snowblower motor info
 

I would skip the blow motor for hanging and either use 2 775pros into a VP or go with a cim based solution. Also take a look at the MCC when it comes out today :)

Re: AM Snowblower motor info
 

Would you be worried about stalling the 775pros? Our original design called for a 1 775pro and 1 RS775 lift but we decided to switch that to 1 CIM because we were afraid that we would have to stall the motors to keep ourselves up at the end of the match. (The way our lifting mechanism is designed we can't use a ratcheting mechanism)