Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #02581
To: "Nigel Joyce" nigel.joyce@qr.com.au, "BEAM Mail" beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Dave Hrynkiw dave@solarbotics.com
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:37:11 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Smoovy ?
At 12:10 AM 4/23/99 , Nigel Joyce wrote:
>I was going through previous posts at the archive to kill time (at work,
>if i was at home I would be working on my first home made bot, a copy of
>zero's spider, hope you don't mind zero) and I came across a mention of
>the smoovy motors and the reply mentioning that some oldtime beamers had a
>"knee jerk reaction" to the mention of the name. I was curious as to this
>comment? Why? Do these motors have problems? The cost? The 3mm
>gearmotors look really cool (and expensive) Great for making the "worlds
>smallest walker"
Sure, they're very small, unfortunately, the controller is about 2" square,
and costs an additional $35 on the price of the $60 motor (prices from
memory, pardon if incorrect).
Regards,
Dave
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