Thread: Running motors together to get more torque
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Re: Running motors together to get more torque
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Originally Posted by Hadi379 View Post
Why not a fisher price motor and gearbox? Thats what we used on our winch system and have had no back drive problems to date. Just curious?
We used two fisher price motors to power a winch two years ago, and we had minor back-drive problems. (Keep in mind that this was a very heavy arm and that the winch drum was fairly large, which affected the ratio.)
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