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Originally Posted by ratdude747
having seen motors from years past, i have seen some beastly ones. like the van door and the minibike cim.
so, What in your is the most epic motor ever included in the KOP?
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Those were poseurs.
The van door motors were good in that they were the largest worm geared motors available, but they were only around 70 W output. And when it came down to using the worm gear for holding something in place, you quickly discovered that they could be backdriven one of two ways: either because the plastic worm gear's efficiency was too high, or because you'd stripped the teeth off of that aforementioned plastic gear.
Similarly, the minibike motors (CIM FP801-005/Fisher-Price) were only about 270 W. Regular (smaller) CIMs are more powerful.
My vote is for the Bosch drill motors in the kits in 2003 and 2004 (Bosch 2 607 022 078/Scintilla). Their output was 448 W, with a free speed of 19 760 rev/min. If it weren't for the tricky mounting points, the 0.7 module gear and the fragile and exposed electrical connections, they'd be perfect....
In fact, the only other motors to approach that kind of performance were the incredible self-destructing Fisher-Prices from 2005 (the Mabuchi 74550-0642, which was designed for 6 V, but given to us to run at 12 V with 407 W output power).