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Originally Posted by Nuttyman54
The FP motor is an air-cooled motor (like the AM-9015 and the BaneBots motors). If it stops spinning it loses its cooling and burns up very quickly. This is also the first stage off the motor, and this motor does not generate a lot of torque off the shaft (high speed, low torque). The motor will stall long before the plastic gear strips, and then you let the magic smoke out and that lovely burnt motor smell fills the air.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to recall that FP motors had face mounted vent holes, so an improvement to this gearbox design could be to add openings in the plate to allow air to flow through. (unless you have them and I just didn't notice them in the picture, in which case, props to you)
We also have a CNC mill and CNC lathe, but we're interested in doing this only if we can do it quickly. Milling anything takes too long for my MTV-generation attention span. :) - Madison [more] 
05-11-2014, 01:11
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