Stewart, I just installed this type of motor in my tank model. The 25 pitch chain may be a bit difficult to find master links or even additional chain on a local level. You could order this through some of the scooter websites but then you have to wait, pay for shipping and so forth. The motor shaft will be most likely metric, so either a new metric sized sprocket will be needed (9-10 tooth) unless you can turn down the output shaft of the motor. A file will work with the motor turned on but you really need to be careful not to file away too much.
I was lucky enough to have two 10:1 gearboxes laying around, but still I had to turn two couplings on my lathe to connect the motors and gearboxes. Finally there was the matter of mounting the units onto a steel plate, again I'm lucky enough to have the equipment to cut and drill the steel plate. For my job cost, it was 50 bucks for 2 motors and another 30 bucks for 2 #35 pitch sprockets, the rest I had on hand. I can only highly encourage to do as others suggest and purchase these units with the gear boxes already installed. I've seen prices for around 50 to 75 dollars apiece for these in the past 6 months. I've been using in the past week a new ESC Sabertooth 2X25, so far so good. The motors are rated at 300 watts and seem more than capable of pulling around my tank. In fact the rascal could use a slight gearing down as the top speed is quite fast. But even then the motors have no problem pulling the tank up an incline ramp or neutral turns in the grass so far. On Mar 17, 12:48 am, Cobra <[email protected]> wrote: > Personaly I would not recommend any motor that does not have an > attached gear-down mechanism already on it. If you do, you may end up > paying more for parts needed to gear them down than of you just bought > the right ones to begin with. You would also end up with a bulkier > setup and a ton of unnessecary weight. Check out early examples on the > first few tanks in the hobby.http://www.rctankcombat.com/tanks/T001/Page3.html > > On Mar 16, 9:24 pm, Cobra <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes electric scooter motors will work. > > Both 12v and 24v are used, as well as 18v. 24v being the most common. > > The MO1 (MY1016Z3) motors are the preferred motors today, being 24v > > 350w. > > They are already geared down to an ideal speed for tank usage. > > I use these motors, tho currently only at 12v. This will be changed in > > the future for higher speeds and more power. :) > > > Aaron F > > T076 > > SCAB > > > On Mar 16, 5:58 pm, Tommy Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Search for "MY1016Z3" > > -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
