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Unread 28-02-2011, 01:20
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Re: most "epic" motor ever

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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall View Post
Those were poseurs.
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).
That was a fun year. We didn't figure out the design voltage difference until we were already committed to using two of them in an xrp transmission. It was fun finding out they were 4 times more powerful then we had anticipated.

It's a miracle we didn't kill them, or the transmission.