Not to get nit picky, but I guess my point was that most fans you would find (desk, roof, etc.) that are based in the home or a structure would have little torque and have AC motors. The EV Warriors were manufactured by Bosch as fan motors so you are correct, but from what I recall they were a custom design.
Derek
On 1/11/07, Amir Tahvildaran <adt22-at-drexel.edu
> wrote:
I think automotive fans are decent - IIRC, thats the origin of the EV
and EV-X motors
-Amir
Derek Engelhaupt wrote:
> I seriously doubt it....fans usually have very little torque.
>
> Derek
>
>
> On 1/11/07, *Gregory Pwneror* <
sockless67-at-gmail.com
> <mailto:sockless67-at-gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> hey guys back again with another idea... would you beable to use
> mounted roof fans or just normal desk fans?????
>
> -greg
>
> On 1/6/07, *Amir Tahvildaran* <
adt22-at-drexel.edu
> <mailto:adt22-at-drexel.edu> > wrote:
>
> Gregory Pwneror wrote:
> > hey guys would it be possible to use a vacum cleaner motor
> or an
> > electric lawn mower moter(one with a battery on one with a
> cord?)
> >
> > -greg
> The surplus lawn mower motors we've seen are on the large
> side. Check
> out this thread:
>
>
http://www.rctankcombat.com/archive/2006-10/msg00320.html
>
> I'm still waiting to see how a one motor differential drive
> solution
> works out though.
>
> -Amir
>
>
>