The little Mabuchi motor, Who's using it?

[Ed Sparks]

We used it this year to extend our arm (through a couple of chain & sprocket reductions). Stop by Pit 34 to see a Mabuchi in action

[David Guzman]

Originally Posted by Ed Sparks

We used it this year to extend our arm (through a couple of chain & sprocket reductions). Stop by Pit 34 to see a Mabuchi in action

Are you talking about the relly small one?? Do you mean the FP??

I just don't see how this motor could be strong enough for such a task.
I'll defnetly stop by your pit, it sounds awsome.

Dave

[Ed Sparks]

Yep. The small one. Honest, it works.

[wilshire]

yeah me and the other advisors when upon opening the kit found the little mabuchi and sort of were dumbstuck as we wondered if FIRST had gone crazy sending us this little motor. We then continued on making fun of the motor and made up plans to make a robot drivetrain with only mabuchi motors which included very crude drawings that were thrown away quickly. I think ours is on a chain as a piece of bling. It is a cute little motor. weak but cute.

[Ed Sparks]

Originally Posted by wilshire

.... we wondered if FIRST had gone crazy sending us this little motor.... .... It is a cute little motor. weak but cute ....

I think it's actually a usefull motor if you design a little gear reduction around it. We drive a lead screw with the Mabuchi to extend the length of our arm (even when loaded with a tetra).

[xzvrw2]

i was going to borrow it to drive my 1.5v micro-electric sae car. lol that thing would have been so fast. but alas even as small and light weight as it is it is still to big and too heavy for that little car.

[jgannon]

I don't like to revive an old thread, but I'm still curious. Did ANYBODY else use the Mabuchi motor?

[Mark Koors]

I've started a design for the Mabuchi motor to be used in a gyro using the Coriolis force. After I've proven the design I'll post it.

[Denman]

Originally Posted by wilshire

It is a cute little motor. weak but cute.

only here would you find someone calling a motor cute....
I can't say i've seen anyone using them...

[Conor Ryan]

as far as the kit motors go, the Mabuchi is the cute one. Look at those big ugly Fisher Prices, and then the by comparison the itsy-bitsy Mabuchi is pretty darn cute.

Well anyway as far as functionality goes, I was planing on using it as a turret for the camera, with the servo driving the hinge. But programming got all tied up and weight was an issue for us so the camera sorta got nixed.