Fw: Re: motors

[ray schwartz <ray.schwartz-at-juno.com>]

hi 
do you all think these motors will work ?, havent been able to find
kiddie car motors in stock , im wondering if these motors can go in
reverse... 
r/c submarines -http://www.subcommittee.com/

r/c paintball tank combat-http://www.rctankcombat.com/

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From:	Tom Van Vleet <tvanwho-at-yahoo.com>
Subject:	Re: motors
Date:	Tue, 19 Feb 2002 18:13:46 -0800 (PST)

  Ray, I think this is the unit I saw in the store here. I found it on a site called www.meci.com They are another surplus place and have stuff for building combat robots. THey have other motors on their site too.---Tom

12 VDC Gearhead Motor
	This unique gearhead motor runs on 12 VDC at 1.6 A. The plastic geardrive has two 1/2" hex holes that turn in opposite directions at the same RPM. Distance between holes is 1-1/4" o.c. 55 RPM -at- 12 VDC. Overall gearbox size:4.36" (w) x 2.25" (h) x 1.75" (d)
	MECI Part Number: 420-0567	Qty:
	Price: $6.95

  ray schwartz <ray.schwartz-at-juno.com> wrote:

hi tom ,
i did a search for that site and couldnt find it , do you have a url for
it ?
i am building a panzer III tank , i belive i will only need one motor for
each tread .
i can get battieres used at the local ham fest pretty easy ,thanks for
the offer anyway .
i live in southern louisiana if i went south much further my feet would
get wet .
thanks ray


On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 17:34:50 -0800 (PST) Tom Van Vleet
writes:
>
> Hi Ray,
>
> There is an American Science Center near me that has some motors and
> gearboxes. I believe they have a website too. I seem to recall
> seeing some plastic gearboxes when I was there this weekend that
> came out of those motorized Jeeps for kids, the ones that go about
> 5mph. I can't remember whether they were $7.50 or $19.50 each, tho.
> T! ell me what you are looking for and I will go and look for you. I
> just bought batteries there this week. I got a nice little 1.3 amp,
> 6 volt sealed lead acid battery for 5 bucks and 2 sealed 6 volt 4
> amp batteries at 7 bucks each ( got the last ones on those, I do
> have a spare if you you want it) I am building a model based on the
> Russian BRDM2 armored car. Hope to have it running and firing this
> year after 10 years of building and procrastination. By the way, I
> live in northern Illinois, and you?
>
> ---Tom Van Vleet, my email is tvanwho-at-yahoo.com
>
>
>
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r/c submarines -http://www.subcommittee.com/

r/c paintball tank combat-http://www.rctankcombat.com/

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