Need RS-550s ASAP

Technical Motors
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I made a post on the CD-Swap section a week ago, but no one has contacted me. I am in desperate need for RS-550 motors, the ones that were provided in the 2008 KOP. I have searched online everywhere and haven’t found some one with the motors in stock, BaneBots says they won’t have them till November.

I need 10 of them ASAP, I appreciate any help anyone can give me. I will pay for shipping and cost of the motors. Please post here or send me a PM if you have some motors you can help me out with.

Thanks in advance.

David G.

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Do they have to be RS-550’s? You can buy RS-540’s at any RC hobby shop.

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Yes, they have to be RS-550’s. I have already designed and partially built the robots that these will be used for. Not even the FP motors would work, I need the ~ 17200 rpm at peak eff. and the 0.498 N-m torque. The motors will be going into a 256:1 P60 planetaries that I already have.

I had ordered the motors from Roboshop and everything seemed normal but a week and a half after I had placed the order they sent me an email saying they don’t have them and won’t have them till November.

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If your looking for Rs-550’s, would these work:

http://banebots.com/pc/MOTOR-BRUSH/M2-RS550-120

-RC

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Yes, I have already contacted BaneBots and they won’t have them in stock until November or December.

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Would these work? http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXMTY8&P=ML

Here’s another photo: http://www.duratrax.com/caraccys/dtxp5701d-2.jpg

EDIT: Here’s another that may substitute for you - http://cgi.ebay.com/Johnson-12-Volt-DC-Motor-RPM-16-000-12-VDC-550-Size_W0QQitemZ130329080136QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRadio_Control_Vehicles?hash=item1e5837f148&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

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The RS550 motor has nearly identical specs as the FP9015 Motor. Pull the pinion off and it will fit anywhere you put an RS550. The mounting holes are the same. You can get these FP motors from AndyMark for $13.
http://andymark.biz/am-0316.html

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Thanks Dave,

I will contact the people from your first link to find out the speed, torque and current specs on that motor. Maybe it’ll work maybe not. The one on ebay is still too slow for what I need. Thanks for taking the time to do some research though.

The RS550 motor has nearly identical specs as the FP9015 Motor. Pull the pinion off and it will fit anywhere you put an RS550. The mounting holes are the same. You can get these FP motors from AndyMark for $13.
http://andymark.biz/am-0316.html

Jim,

I have thought of the FP motors all along but they will make my mechanism much slower. While the stall torque is close between RS-550 and FP, the free rpm is 15600 for the FP and 19300 for the RS-550. After they go on the 256:1 planetary the output difference is rather large. However this is still my back up plan but I hope I can find the RS-550s.

My hope is that some teams out there never used their 2008 RS-550s and are will to sell/trade/give to me. So if your reading this and you think you have some please contact me.

Thanks a lot to everyone in advance.

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iirc, we should have at least 5 550’s from last season. I can check thursday night.

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Thanks, let me know if you do.

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It sounds like you are looking for a motor/gearbox combination that gives you ~75RPM theoretical free speed @ ~127 N*m theoretical torque (these are the numbers of an RS-550 reduced by 256).

A CIM at 64:1 gives you more speed (~83 RPM before losses) with more torque (~155 N*m stall). BaneBots sells a 64:1 CIM gearbox: http://banebots.com/pc/P80K-nnnn-0005/P80K-444-0005

Of course, this is a more expensive (and much larger) option, but it would give you the specs you desire.

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Unfortunately I have many other constrains that keep me from using CIM motors. Weight, size, current draw, and power are all critical for what I am doing. The CIM motor draws too many AMPs for my application and would not fit either.

At this point it is too late for me to make drastic changes to the design. So please, if your reading this message find out if your tean has any RS-550 motors you can help me out with. I would greatly appreciate it and would be very thankful.

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Any luck with the motors?