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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5024 |
I was visiting an old friend today and he said "I have something of yours", and grabbed this thing from a dusty shelf. 
Its a little demo model I put together about 12 years ago when we were building a solar car for the World Solar Challenge. At that time we were building the car around a F&P Smartdrive motor, so I put this together to show the public how it worked. Its a motor from a old floppy disk drive, looks like a mini Smartdrive motor doesn't it. I added a little rubber wheel to make it look like a direct drive car wheel, as thats how we were planning to use in the car. At the back there is a silver speed control knob, and the circuit board in underneath. Runs of 12v, and it still works. In the end we gave up on the F&P, the controller wasn't reliable enough. As a motor, the F&P makes a good alternator 
Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| Redman Regular Member  Joined: 12/06/2010 Location: AustraliaPosts: 41 |
Looks like a giant step motor. |
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sPuDd Senior Member  Joined: 10/07/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 251 |
How big was that floppy drive!? 
sPuDd.. It should work ...in theory |
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| Redman Regular Member Joined: 12/06/2010 Location: AustraliaPosts: 41 |
A 12 inch floppy? |
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| jamesbrush Newbie  Joined: 01/07/2010 Location: United KingdomPosts: 5 |
i will go with Redman. These look like a step motors. SAP Training London |
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