Motor Madness

[MattMan]

Got and idea for something that rquires a few motors...

how much do motors cost and how small can you get them?

[Frakk]

motors? like a 5.7L Hemi or what? maybe a little more info would be good about ure idea :)

[Matthew]

Im thinking he is talking about a electrical moter...and you can get them pretty small and cheep...take a trip to RadioShack.

[MattMan]

k thanks...yeah electrical ones

[Seven]

RadioShack is what you want, although Servos are sometimes better depending on the thing you're going for.

Crimson posted a few resources in the Doom3 worklog.

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[MattMan]

what's the difference in a servo and a motor?

[Frakk]

motor is spinning around with different speeds, a servo usually doesnt spin, it has an angle range it can turn. they are also a lot more precise, you tell the the position, they will stay there and resist any forcing on them. just look at an rc plane or a car. the motor drives the wheels and propeller, servos controll the turning and the wings. you define the position by moving the little joystick

[Guttenaffe]

Precision comes in the form of stepper motors if you need to be able to freely spin at lowish RPMs.

[Malatory]

Link (http://www.lynxmotion.com/Category.aspx?CategoryID=50) is one place on the net you can get them as well...

They also have servos.