Gimson motors

**robotwars** · 17th July 2012, 08:24

Hiya,

Building a feather for someone , thinking about buying some Gimson motors for it.

Any good? People had good experiences, who's using them?

Before I buy them.

Cheers

John

**harry hills** · 17th July 2012, 08:26

i use em, pretty good motors, fairly tough. its nice not having to make a seperate mount for motors.

**kane** · 17th July 2012, 08:44

Pound for pound I would say they are excellent.

**Max** · 17th July 2012, 09:08

I think they are good and have the edge over drill motors but if it is a first robot and you want to keep it cheap your better going with drill motors- in my opinion drill motors are better value for money.

**robotwars** · 17th July 2012, 10:42

its not my first robot .. LOL

But see your point!

**psycho_fling** · 17th July 2012, 11:10

i wish these newbees would read other topics both posting stupid threads pffffft

**PJ-27** · 17th July 2012, 11:31

The Gimson units do use drill motors (if you class a mass produce 550 size motor as a drill motor).... Just have a custom gearbox housing and mounting options.

**Ellis** · 17th July 2012, 11:45

They're identical in power to drills, I believe. Never used them before, but I can see their mountability (that needs to be a word) makes them attractive. Don't want to lose Ewan money but would a drill mount really cost the Â£10+ of difference?

Then again actually, they get rid of the grubscrew process, they have all metal gears guaranteed, and you'll be helping a fellow roboteer out by buying them!

**ewan** · 17th July 2012, 13:25

From purely a design standpoint the 'benefits' over shop-bought drills are intended to be:

-All-metal gears
-No need to modify/lock out the clutch on a drill
-Genuine shaft support from the dual 12mm ball-bearings
-A 550 type motor from a factory line usually responsible for ~$40 US-sold drills, more specifically the motors have larger fan blades and vents than most cheap drills. Can't really do specification comparisons though because cheap drill motors vary so much.
-Easy mounting in a solid profile which can itself lend to the structure of many designs

It's up to anyone to decide whether that's worth an extra tenner!