Joined: 19 Jun 2004
Posts: 338
Location: Roleystone WA
Flipper motors (what can,what can't)
hi
i was wondering what motors could be used as flippers to lift 12kg. i have a standard windscreen wiper motor and i just wanted to no if any of you guys knew if it would be able to do it. because its dark and im not going out to the shed to get the motor and then make a 12kg wieght ect...
Sat Sep 18, 2004 10:06 pm
Eyce
Joined: 17 Jun 2004
Posts: 111
Location: Geelong, Victoria
The windscreen wiper flipper from Ultimate real robots (Mini Cassius) was able to lift 18kg, I think.
You should be fine with it. _________________
Sat Sep 18, 2004 10:12 pm
Windhammer
Joined: 19 Jun 2004
Posts: 338
Location: Roleystone WA
watch out western Aussie hear comes a robot with a flipper
also ill be posting a build report somewere.
Sat Sep 18, 2004 10:16 pm
Knightrous Site Admin
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Posts: 8511
Location: NSW
The one in Real Robots was not a windscreen wiper motor, it was a car winder mechanism. We have a renault window winder mechanism on Haemorrhage and even on 12v, we can lift a good 20kg slowly. On 24v, it zips up and down and could lift close to 40+kg if it didn't lift itself off the ground in the process.
Currently, I'm trialing(when i get the third motor) out how good a winch motor with its standard 153:1 gearing works as a lifter/flipper. I'm hoping for a good 100kg lift on 12v and and possibly a good 50kg flipper on 24v depending on how I setup the flipping ratios.
If you need any help with the lifting design for your bot, there are plenty of us around to help any queries or quandries. _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
Sat Sep 18, 2004 10:52 pm
andrew
Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 3110
Location: Castle Hill, Sydney. N.S.W
Well with the winch setup u could just use the hook that comes with mounted to lifting arm mechanism. just the cabling always needs to be tight so it doesnt undo itself or tighen u[p too much stalling the motor.
I thing armold terminegga used a winch motor setup in its lifter and tipped and lifted a good few robots. I did see cables and pullys mechanisms running somewhere on it so u never know. _________________ Andrew Welch, Team Unconventional Robotics
Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:54 pm
robo robbo
Joined: 01 Jul 2004
Posts: 29
Location: Perth, Western Australia
i was thinking aren't motors used for flippers slow they are classed as lifters _________________ Go and get STAWNED!
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Sun Sep 19, 2004 1:21 pm
Knightrous Site Admin
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Posts: 8511
Location: NSW
It depends what you class a lifter as and what you class a flipper as. I think with the 24v winch motor, I will be able to launch the opponent over like a flipper, but Haemorrhage can only lift them up slowly and some times roll them over. _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:26 pm
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