What is your favorite motor....

[Rob]

Hi Guys,

Since I like this thread alot, I am going to expand by ranking the motors:

1) Small CIM motor. This is a real winner as it replaced the old drill motors as the primary drivetrain motor. You can say what you want about the kit transmissions, but those of us who recall the dark days of drill motors know how much this motor means to the competition. Working drive systems are the backbone of this competition.

2) Fisher Price motor. This is very versatile and the plastic gearbox is much better than alot of people give it credit for. Can be used in many applications from drive to arms to conveyors, just don't plan to use it at stall!

3) Globe motor. This one narrowly slips behind the FP because it is lower power, but it is easy to mount and interface with and is great in many applications.

4) Denso window motor. This thing is great. It is very lightweight, packs some punch for it's size and is easy to mount. It is a bit hard to interface with even with the plastic adapter in the kit. I wish we had 2 of these in the kit this year.

5) Keyang window motor. Great little motor, good performance, easy to mount but also hard to interface with. Falls behind the Denso because it is much heavier.

6) Big CIM motor. This motor is an anomaly to me. It is gigantic and heavy and has about 2/3 the power of the big CIM. It is also very hard to interface with due to the goofy front face and advesive attached pulley.

7) Banebots & Mabuchi motors. these are only good for light duty applications like conveyors. You have to baby these as they are not very robust, especially if you use the planetary gearboxes with them. Advantage is they are very lightweight.

I think I covered them all here. I also have to give honorable mention to 2 motors included in past kits: Favorbale mention goes to the Van Door motor. Great motor for arm applications even if a bit heavy. The dishonorbale mention goes to the orange toruqe motor that was included in the 2002 KOP. I think 1 team used it. We still have ours hanging around somewhere.

Have fun everyone!

RAZ