Wanted: 4 x drill motors

[razerdave]

Hey guys.

Some of you may be aware I am rebuilding Kaizer for Ceri and unfortunately all of his drill motors have had it, certainly the gearboxes (I blame Battleaxe), So I'm looking for 4 identical drill motors for cheaper than to buy 4 Argos ones.

Can anyone help?

[maddox10]

Re: Wanted: 4 x drill motors

I'm going to put it simple.

March 30th . Ok?

[Gabe01]

Re: Wanted: 4 x drill motors

Gimson's are very cost affective

[razerdave]

Re: Wanted: 4 x drill motors

I have built the robot to fit drill motors and Ceri can't really afford any new bits, so I'm scrounging.

[typhoon_driver]

Re: Wanted: 4 x drill motors

i'll only look at gimsons once they've been battle tested. Before that, they might aswell be hobby motors

[jonny]

Re: Wanted: 4 x drill motors

i'm running a pair of gimpsons on 170mm exposed wheels on sunday, should be a good test of the motors abilities :twisted:

[typhoon_driver]

Re: Wanted: 4 x drill motors

Unless spinners are in the arena it's not a good test

[Anttazz]

Re: Wanted: 4 x drill motors

Sent PJ a message Dave, he had a load of them last time I spoke to him.

[RogueTwoRobots]

Re: Wanted: 4 x drill motors

Any battle-based test is a good test I'd say. I've had more broken drill motors/gearboxes from being flipped and rammed all over the place in robot meles at non-spinner events than I've had from spinner fights.

[widow_twanky]

Re: Wanted: 4 x drill motors

I have built the robot to fit drill motors and Ceri can't really afford any new bits, so I'm scrounging.

I have a few of the 9.6v? argos ones. Some are shot for a variety of reasons but as we wont be using them again you could get a few together with a bit of effort. I have at least one good one.

[razerdave]

Re: Wanted: 4 x drill motors

I'll see what else I can get, because I have the robot on 24v batteries, just running on dual rates, so 12v would be preferable

[psycho_fling]

Re: Wanted: 4 x drill motors

Unless spinners are in the arena it's not a good test

how does that make sense? a battle test with normal robots is a good test, if a spinner hits any motor its gonna damage it

[PJ-27]

Re: Wanted: 4 x drill motors

Lots of people have recently swapped out to Gimson motors, maybe they'll be willing to part with their past drill motors.

[typhoon_driver]

Re: Wanted: 4 x drill motors

I'm only ever in competition with spinners. If it survives inside a bot with a spinner then I'd be happy to run them. I didn't mean a direct hit from a spinner. I'm dubious about the mountings for the moment but am always willing to be surprised.

[ewan]

Re: Wanted: 4 x drill motors

Is it the inserts you're concerned about? If so I'd be happy to send you a sample front piece with them in- stick a bolt in one of the holes and try to pull it out, maybe give it a bit of a hammer (PM me an address to send to if you like?). I believe you'll find the point of failure to be far beyond what you'd expect from the majority of mounts/motor assemblies, even if the material combination is a little unorthodox.