Spinner Weapon Motor Discussion

[dragonmaster_1]

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What gear ratio/rmp are you running them at Tony, still 5:1?

Chris - ^_^

(Message edited by Robotic_Ants on February 18, 2006)

Yes we are still running at 5:1.

what about a lem130 with a 1:4 ratio?

James, what does it spin?
It sounds like its acting like the pole axle or what?

I should hope the chassis is stronger then your last spinner James, and ALOT safer to handle.

[jamesb]

eh? nothing wrong with my last spinner dave, it never broke.
assuming you are reffering to tantrum as its the only spinner of mine you have seen, and only one of the 16 featherweight spinners ive built.
and no, none of them broke either, well, ive had no complaints anway.

Rather than opening a new thread ill just post here
I have been on a bit of a break from robots and after seeing some videos of recent events it has rekindled my interest . I am making a drum spinner - nearly all the components are gathered and just need to be machined . My main concern is the drum and the bearings . Should I have the bearings inside the drum with a stationary shaft OR should i have the bearings in the bulkheads and a stationary shaft connected into the drum ? I can see both ways have its up and downside but i cant really pick one. Any suggestions ?

My drum has bearings in the drum with a fixed axle, if this helps.

[robotic_ants]

Fixed axle, because of the pure reason that being fixxed in place adds to the chassis strength. Might not be improtant in your design but it was needed in Conundrum,

Chris - ^_^