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Servo City

robologist — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:49:43 +0200

Lots of Hitec and Futaba servos, with good prices, but wait, there's more!

Many mechanical linkages for using continuous rotation servos as gear motors, torque amplification gearboxes for servos, pan-tilt heads, and even a robot section.

GM10 motor strength

maneuver — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:06:39 +0200

I've ordered th GM10 geared minimotor from solarbotics.

link: http://www.solarbotics.com/products/gm10/

I know some of you have used it before.

Mine haven't arrived yet, so I'm still dreaming about it.

Here's a quick question for those who know it;

How big a wheel can I connect directly to the output shaft on the GM10 without any significant loss of power. I see they ship it with an optional 25mm wheel, is that the biggest recommended diameter, or can I go bigger without gearing it down further?

Turn that $3 RC-servo into a powerfull bi-directional motor!

Anders — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:34:20 +0200

RC-servo to motor conversion

This is a smart little trick i had read about in the magazine "Elektor Electronics" a year ago.
In 15 minutes you can turn your cheap servo into a very suitable motor to drive the wheels of a robot.