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Originally Posted by GAQA
Is there any specific motor on the list that can be used to generate vacuum?
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Our team has had success in the past with converting a commercial Black & Decker battery-powered handheld vacuum cleaner. All you actually want from the vacuum is the impeller and housing. After disasembling the vacuum, the impeller and housing need to be adapted to use a legal FIRST motor. If you find a commercial vacuum cleaner that uses a 5xx-series motor, this is actually quite straightforward. We did this in 2010 for Breakaway with great success. That year we used the Fisher-Price motor in the vacuum. That motor is no longer FIRST-legal, but either the BaneBots or AndyMark 5xx-series motors which are FIRST-legal for 2013 are likely to work just fine.
As to whether or not such a vacuum can hold on tightly, simply refer to the photo below. For those of you that weren't with FIRST in 2008 for "Overdrive" I would note that the trackball weighed about 10 pounds. The frisbees are about 180 grams.
Link to Post on 1519 Facebook page.
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