Plastic Motor Mounts?

[Tonay K]

Most of the teams I've talked to are making their drive motor mounts out of aluminum. I would like to know if any of you have made yours out of another material i.e. plastic, wood, etc.

Also, is there any rule stating that you cannot construct motor mounts out of another material? We've checked through the rules and haven't found anything prohiting it, but there may be technicalities we're not aware of.

Thanks for the help,
Team 950

[RobDeCotiis]

mount em in whatever u want.. as long as its not on the restricted parts list, ur fine. i dont think it'd be a good idea to mount them in jello tho, because you're going to have a lot of flexing in the shaft.. if you use a flex coupling, you'll be fine tho.

[Tonay K]

Thanks Rob.

[Iain]

Well, we're using the plastic mounts that come with the drill motor - and it's about the only thing we haven't had trouble with yet.

[Tonay K]

If you mean the plastic collars that came with the drill motor, we're using those too, but those are too wide to fit onto our frame. I was referring to a separate piece that you fabricate to fasten those collars to your frame.