Anybody have extra throttle motors in the Bay Area?

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Originally Posted by sanddrag

There was one team that used one a few years back for some minor function on their robot. Can anyone recall who that was? That was the only instance I've ever seen or heard of one being used.

Originally Posted by bkahl

4613?
They posted a Throttle Motor gearbox on here a little while back, I don't remember if it was actually used though.
EDIT: http://www.team4613.org/#!redbox/g8y3o

We designed a gearbox for the Denso Motor that gives it a 7.5:1 reduction and a 1/2 hex output shaft. We manufacture these gearboxes ourselves and have donated them to new and inexperienced teams in 14 different countries.

There were many teams at the Australian Regional who utilised Denso Throttle motors to power intakes through the gearbox. One team using the motor/gearbox on their robot ranked 13th in their Division at the 2016 CMP.

Although it is only a low power motor, it is actually very useful once you give it an adequate gear reduction and give it an output shaft that can interface with other FRC specific COTS parts.

Originally Posted by grem110

We're using Denso throttle motors for the drivetrain as we have a number of them and we'd probably never use them for a "real" robot.

This sounds like a great training exercise, PM me if you require any help finding gears to interface with the motor pinion or for the mounting hole spacing etc.