Small geared moters for spinning bussard blades?

Dunsel · Post by **Dunsel** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:57 pm

Does anyone know of where to get some small motors to use in things like the AMT Enterprise nacelles to make the inner bussard blades spin?

Thanks

southwestforests · Post by **southwestforests** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:57 am

http://www.micro-loco-motion.com/
Have advertised for decades in model railroad magazines and have been articles about using various motors for propulsion and effects. One of those things I keep intending to do but get distracted by other projects.
Google finds they have an ebay store.

"THE MOTORMAN HAS MOTORS
For remotoring your precious and expensive brass or precision plastic Model Railroad locomotives in all scales from Z to G including Narrow Gauge. Make them crawl at scale speed to match your mountain scenery. The MOTORMAN has a wide variety of new and surplus CORELESS and highest quality conventional CAN motors. Highest quality ALNICO, and RARE EARTH (Neodymium or Samarian Cobalt) MOTORS and GEARHEADS deliver the maximum torque available.

A limited quantity of surplus units are available at $19.95 plus shipping while quantities last.

Faulhaber, Maxon, Portescap Swiss made, and many other, gearmotors and gearheads are available at wholesale OEM plus 15% plus shipping. The sizes available include(*) 816, 1016, 1212, 1219, 1224, 1319, 1330, 1336, 1516R, 1524, 1616, 1624, 1717, 1727, 2017, 2020, 2034(gearmotor only), 2224R, 2230, 2233 and all compatible standard gearheads and mounting hardware. Custom gearheads are available in ratios of 1.85, 2.33, 3.44, 4.33, 5.04, 6.3, 8.04, 11.96, 15, 22 and up. "

Dunsel · Post by **Dunsel** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:10 pm

@southwestforests:

Thanks!

nicholassagan · Post by **nicholassagan** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:38 pm

oh yeah that's a good suggestion!

i wonder if they could rig something up for a helicopter build...

MillenniumFalsehood · Post by **MillenniumFalsehood** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:50 am

If someone could post the model number of the motors used in the round 2 lighting kit, that would probably be useful. They're small enough to use for everything above 1:1000 scale.

RossW · Post by **RossW** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:12 pm

The PL kit motors are specific to this kit and don't have any useful markings. One of the motor has "092812" written on it but that doesn't tell you anything.

I'm using Sayama motors that are very similar but have metal shafts and are generally better quality. Their model # is 12SM-AT3.

Dunsel · Post by **Dunsel** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 2:03 pm

Thanks for the info,everyone : )