Speed 900 Alternatives

**SamO** · 19th January 2013, 21:39

Hi

After finding out that the Graupner Speed 900's are no longer being made, and failing epicly at trying to find any alternitives, does any one know of any motors with the same kind of specs.

I am getting kinda desperate after spending a good couple of months designing a half decent bot using Speed 900's

Thanks

**maddox10** · 19th January 2013, 22:13

Actualy, the Graupner Speed 900's are Johnson 51mm diameter motors.
Several variants are available trough Ebay.
Also, as long there isn't a disk or axe slicing trough the motor, for drive those are rock solid.

Afters 9 years of hard use , I know of 2 failures of a speed 900 or equivalent motors in a drive application.
1) Hannibalito 1, because Little Hitter dented the body and broke the magnets.
2) Plofbox II after a meeting with Hornet II. The axle was bent 90Â°.

**typhoon_driver** · 19th January 2013, 22:46

I managed to nacker one in bonx when i drove it but then I'm not used to single stick

**Eventorizon** · 20th January 2013, 08:19

They have stopped producing S900's! Why is it that everything in Conker II is slowly being replaced... no I have no drive or weapon replacements!

Looks like I am going to have to go to a HK-50...

**SamO** · 20th January 2013, 11:41

Like these ones: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Johnson-60...item19d5340368

They seem more like the Speed 600 specs though

**shakesc** · 20th January 2013, 12:25

Getting closer but still not the same

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/13000RPM-Outp ... 5d36f9b8f6

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toys-Moulding ... 53f0c29099

**razerdave** · 20th January 2013, 20:26

I am thankful I have 1 spare at least :P

My only failure with a 900 was burning one out at the UK champs in 2010, but that's because I was running it when it was being resisted for about a year.

Well, I better get searching for alternatives.