[Noisebridge-discuss] bulk DC motors?

Jonathan Foote jtfoote at ieee.org
Thu Jul 16 19:20:15 UTC 2009


What kind of RPM do you need?

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:17 PM, meredith scheff<satiredun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hey all-
> Im building 100 or so demo stands for monkeylectric.com to showcase their
> POV lights. Im building a device that will mount on a bike (that will be
> suspended in a bike stand), with a motor that spins the wheel to make the
> designs visable.
> I need a bulk supply of DC motors, with the qualities of quiet (as possible)
> and cheap (as possible). I don't think they need *too* much torque as the
> bike will be in the air and the only friction being the hub (am i versing
> this right?).
> So ya. Does anyone have any leads on this amount of motors? we found some
> locally but theyre rather large and heavy; and others are way too loud.
> best
> meredith
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