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Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII
We did some tests with our 5lb. grabber on the end of an arm aprox. the same length as this.
One keyang motor was not able to lift it. After adding a spring, which took virtually all the load off the motor, the keyang could lift it with ease.
However, even without a load on the motor, a light tap on the end of the arm was capable of stripping the gear inside the keyang. Further investigation found that the plastic gears inside these motors have very small teeth and are easily damaged.
Just a warning...
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I did not know that the gears were plastic. We will be using two of these on each side, with about a 1.75:1 reduction. I am hoping that this will be enough, in initial testing it seemed like it would work. But if we run into any big problems i may try to figure out a way to use the big Cim motors. Or get a gearbox for the FP motors. because it seems like we are so far ahead then we have been before, we will see if we can rebuild the whole superstructure after some real life testing.
Thank you for the heads up
--Dan