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Message #10416
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Richard Weait crs0274@inforamp.net
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 05:07:37 -0500
Subject: Re: solarbotics pager mtr+fan
> At 09:43 AM 2/18/00 -0700, Dave Hrynkiw wrote:
> >At 09:22 AM 2/18/2000 , Mike Kulesza wrote:
> >>I was wondering if that little fan from Solarbotics attached to a pager
> >>motor has the ability to propell itself and the motor vertically?
> >
> >Nope, not quite! I've been able to get it to generate approximately 2g
> >vertical thrust at 12V (!) but with the weight of the stand and prop, it
> >was too much to go vertical.
>
> Ummm. . . "Pager motor" . . . "12 V (!)" . . . How long
> did you say it ran, Dave? :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard.
>
>
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