Wheelchair motors

All things HEAV-VY!!

Moderators: BeligerAnt, petec, administrator

Post Reply
Remote-Controlled Dave
Posts: 3716
Joined: Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:30 pm
Location: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Contact:

Wheelchair motors

Post by Remote-Controlled Dave »

Does anyone happen to have lying around a couple of decent wheelchair motors, or does anyone know where I can aquire some without having to go through the hideous business of trying to buy a whole chair on eBay/having to collect it myself from down south/having loads of bits I dont know ect.
I thought there'd be some kind of surplus store where I could get some but I cant find anything online.
Cheers. D.
Die Gracefully Robotics
Winner - AWS 39
User avatar
Craig_Anto3
Posts: 617
Joined: Sun Feb 17, 2002 12:00 am
Location: Bristol
Contact:

Post by Craig_Anto3 »

i've got 6, of all shapes and sizes 12v and 24v email me
Image
User avatar
Jonny
Posts: 532
Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:18 pm
Location: Reigate
Contact:

Post by Jonny »

Sorry to dig up this old thread but i'm looking for some wheelchairs motors at the moment. can anyone sell me some?
Image
User avatar
earthwormjim
Posts: 1190
Joined: Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:57 pm
Location: Secret Undisclosed Moonbase Location

Post by earthwormjim »

Are wheelchair motors useable for a heavyweight still???
Cheers Jim. :)
Image
haz
Posts: 1855
Joined: Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:20 am
Location: Underwater Lair
Contact:

Post by haz »

yep i think so, one of jack orrs heavy weights is wheelchair driven and it beat dantomkia :D
User avatar
earthwormjim
Posts: 1190
Joined: Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:57 pm
Location: Secret Undisclosed Moonbase Location

Post by earthwormjim »

Cool.
I stumbled upon this while looking for "stuff".
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WHEELCHAIR-MOTORS ... 6387449064
I thought it looked pretty interesting,but I have too much to do as it is,so have decided not to bid.
Shame,as it seems cool???
Or should I???
What do you guys reckon???
Image
User avatar
Jonny
Posts: 532
Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:18 pm
Location: Reigate
Contact:

Post by Jonny »

wheelchair motors are no means the best motors but they'll get you around the arena.

by the way here's the video for mythras vs dantomkia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsxQZvJpQXM
Image
Remote-Controlled Dave
Posts: 3716
Joined: Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:30 pm
Location: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Contact:

Post by Remote-Controlled Dave »

I've built (with other guys) a couple of wheelchair motor driven heavyweights, including the first Cabrakan, and our first heavy Monolith. I'm planning a new one using them too.
As with all weight catagories, there are pluses and minuses for using a certain part. The plusses are they are cheap, readily available, often come with mounts already attached, and will drive a heavyweight perfectly well if all you want is something that drives, or something to mount a weapon on to. The minuses are they don't react well to overvolting, and they come in such a wide range of types, some are weedy, some are a lot more powerful. When we bought our first wheelchair from eBay for Monolith, we lucked out, as it was a big, 'industrial strength' American type jobby, designed to cart around, ahem, our "larger cousins". However, once one of the motors eventually gave up, we couldn't replace it, so had to buy another pair.

Wheelchair motors are a bit like servos in ants - good for starters, and easy to use, but probably not the choice if you want to enhance your machine.

Monolith
Image

Cabrakan
Image
Die Gracefully Robotics
Winner - AWS 39
User avatar
Team Orr
Posts: 832
Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:09 pm
Location: London/Bath
Contact:

Post by Team Orr »

haz wrote:yep i think so, one of jack orrs heavy weights is wheelchair driven and it beat dantomkia :D
too be fair he did kind of kill himself :roll:

bumping this back up, just wondering if anybody happens to have a pair of wheelchair motors lying around, cheap or free would be great :lol: cant be bothered with the whole pick up thing from ebay. nothing pretty just something that will get a middleweight driving?

Jack
"if it wasn't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight"
Jack Orr
Team Orr Robotics
haz
Posts: 1855
Joined: Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:20 am
Location: Underwater Lair
Contact:

Post by haz »

same :P
Post Reply