Cordless drill motors

["Marc en Wendy" <marcmethorst-at-zonnet.nl>]

Is there anyone out there who is still using cordless drill motors instead of changing to EV Warriors?

If there are, I would like to know:

- how they perform,

- if they use the max torque safety system of the drill for when the tracks lock up,

- do they generate a lot of heat.

Also, I noticed there are lots of cheap cordless drills for sale that run on 14,4 V. These will probably also do fine on 12 V, but does anyone have experience with this?

 

I am asking all this because I have been thinking about my next project (the 1:6 paintball tank), there are some funds left from the current project and I like to score as much as good parts as I can untill I run out of money.

However, there is a slight chance that the current project sucks up some more money as I will maybe need to modify my track system. So far, the TTS has been succesfull at the testrun but is not quite reliable because the track tension needs to be very high, otherwise the drive wheels tend to slip.

I have now put through some modifications (a different rubber liner on the drive wheels, a stronger tensioning system and reinforced motorframe) and will hopefully be able to test this during this weekend.

 

All comment is appreciated, the best of luck to all you guys in the bad weather area, I hope you will all be fine.

 

Marc