[Noisebridge-discuss] bulk DC motors?

[meredith scheff]

scratch that, 2-6k my boss says, though that's mainly to keep the noise
down.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 3:38 PM, meredith scheff <satiredun at gmail.com>wrote:

> hm..don't really need any gearing down- maybe one or two steps down, but
> that's it. it needs to drive such a larger wheel, to riding speed (at least
> 3-5 mph).
> mer
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Jonathan Foote <jtfoote at ieee.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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