Floppy Drive motors?

#1 28.01.04, 01:59

Would the motor from a floppy drive work instead of a Cd-rom motor? i have some computer class after school and the teacher said he's got a ton of floppy drives lying in the back of his room collecting dust, so I got an idea. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

fab_chan · #2 28.01.04, 02:04

i've stripped one before but it looks way too big for our heli. besides, not sure if it's brushless too. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

#3 28.01.04, 02:05

I took a peek inside my floppy drive through tho front slot and it looks to be just like one of the CD-rom ones. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

fab_chan · #4 28.01.04, 02:08

huh? maybe you saw the disc seat or something. wait till u take the unit apart. you'd be surprised how big the bell and stators are. they're the size of coasters!

JJ · #5 28.01.04, 08:11

The one I took apart has a motor about an inch and a half across, might be very interesting as a direct drive main rotor experiment though.

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