One horsepower is roughly 740 watts. A 300 watt motor is almost half a horsepower, depending on the RPM and such.
Most people in the hobby use "scooter motors" or other 250+ watt motors from various suppliers. There are links on the RCtankcombat site, or if you're familiar with FIRST robotics, sites that cater to that like Andy-Mark also have such parts. We set up with roller chain drives, which allow reduction and are a bit more flexible with arrangement of the motors. I'd suggest looking at one of the suppliers that does a lot with hobby and academic robotics. On Monday, October 10, 2011 7:22:07 PM UTC-6, Bones wrote: > > Hey I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a few questions. > I am building a small 2' x 3' tank for a school project and I already > have the chassis, wheels, and everything pretty much figured out and > ordered. Now, what I am stuck on is the motors and motor > controllers. My tank is going to weigh roughly 90lbs and I did some > calculations and some of the specs include Torque= 3.2 N-m,.3hp and > 670rpm. Now I was thinking about usign wheel chair motors but dont > really know where to get some or even if they come in .3 or around .5 > horsepower. If anyone could help me out with finding some motors and > helping me figure out how to set them up or anything like that I would > really appreciate it. Thanks alot. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
