10-08-2003 10:43 PM

Cory

What on earth did you do to those motors to get them so rusty?. I know ours have splotches of it, but that looks pretty extreme to me.

Cory

10-08-2003 10:59 PM

sanddrag

Is that even rust? It looks kind of wierd.

10-08-2003 11:08 PM

Cory

agreed. Now that you say that it looks like epoxy or something else painted on there.

Cory

10-08-2003 11:28 PM

Tytus Gerrish

Keep in mind we have salt-air with 100% huminity all the time at like 85 to 110 degres all the time

10-08-2003 11:48 PM

sanddrag

But is it even rust?

10-08-2003 11:49 PM

Tytus Gerrish

What Do you think?

10-08-2003 11:59 PM

Gadget470

I think that was why they asked....

10-09-2003 05:43 PM

Frank(Aflak)

maybe tytus broke the little nub that stopped the motor from spinning around in the mount, so he just glued it in instead?

Maybe he was trying to sniff the epoxy and, after succeeding beyond his wildest imaginings, smeared it all over the motor for some reason . . . . ?

This is what you get for guessing games!

10-09-2003 05:48 PM

WakeZero

Guessing games are annoying. If you got something to share, please share it. Otherwise, don't waste valuable time

10-10-2003 05:47 AM

Adam Y.

Yeah that is rust. For some odd reason the drill motors have a tendancy to just rust. It has happened with all four of our drill motors. Two of which are in a box and two of which are on the robot.

10-10-2003 09:12 AM

Frank(Aflak)

thats wierd. . . ours are absolutely spotless, as far as I know, and saint louis isn't really known for its low-humidity summers, if you know what I'm saying . . Its not like its a swamp here, but it is still pretty hot and wet in the summer.

No rust, either. Actually, I haven't seen our motors since we put them is (the drills are underneath our control board, hard to access) so maybe they look like that.

10-10-2003 09:42 AM

Tytus Gerrish

Salt-Air
We have everything in WPB, Beach, swamp, City, Suberbs, Gettos, Etc...

10-10-2003 03:16 PM

Adam Y.

My team's drill motors were in a storage room. They really should not have rusted since they were stored inside and the amount of rust was about the same in the picture.

10-11-2003 01:12 AM

Dan Richardson

we are 4 miles from the beach... in south florida.. most of our drill motors weren't stored at all.. just left on benches ( cuz we are always playing with them )... they deff. don't look like that lol

10-11-2003 01:20 PM

ANDIE111001101

Here in Indiana our drill motors are spotless they stain in a constantly AC-ed building though(at least the were last time I saw them 2 weeks ago). There still all shiney!

10-25-2003 04:10 PM

anna~marie

now that doesnt look too healthy now

10-26-2003 03:14 PM

BandChick

I'm really surprised by that! Even after the time that our robot spent sitting in a moldy/asbestos filled closet, our motors look better than that. That can't be your average wear and tear.

10-26-2003 09:58 PM

Tytus Gerrish

South Flordia GUYS! This is how everyting made of steel looks here

10-27-2003 01:26 AM

UlTiMaTeP

Better paint your steel

10-28-2003 07:15 PM

fox46

We gave ours a nice coating of WD-40, and that stopped them from rusting- they look fine, even after our test period last year in our salty snowy parking lot.

10-28-2003 08:42 PM

UlTiMaTeP

WD-40 is a very light lube, paint is the best possible solution