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Originally Posted by JesseK
FP Transmission/RS-540/FP Motor - We considered using two FP Transmissions with the BB540 and FP motor for our lift. Instead we used 2 CIMs and a wench for the lift.
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That reminds me of
this post...
To answer the original poster's question, I have used Fisher-Price motors (and gearboxes), as well as the RS-540 in the past. This year I used 2 F-P's with gearbox to power our arm. For size-to-weight ratio, it's tough to beat the Fisher-Price motors! The gearboxes can be a bit unwieldy, but we had no problems this year.
The RS-540 I have found to be useful for smaller applications, particularly with a BB gearbox. It's not really durable, so don't use it for anything that requires a ton of power, but for light actuation, or an application where it will spend most of it's time free-spinning, it can be useful.