[RyanN]

The other day I was helping the physics teacher at the school and he wanted me to design a project for the class to do concerning capacitors. He brought in these huge capacitors which I believe belonged to an A/C system. It powered a FP motor supplied in the kit for about a second. I'm not sure if the capacitor made the motor stronger or faster, but discharging the capacitor with a wire gave a nice arc, something not characteristic to a 9V battery. Also, the supercap capacitors look very neat, and if I'm right for a school project, your motor is probably between 1.5V to 3.0V. The supercap's limit is 2.7V, but I think it might take 3V for a situation like this, where you don't do this over a prolonged period.