From news.media.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!paperboy.osf.org!think.com!sdd.hp.com!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgiblab!sisters.cs.uoregon.edu!cs.uoregon.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!ns1.nodak.edu!plains!altenbur Fri Sep 30 15:15:13 EDT 1994 Article: 12900 of comp.robotics Newsgroups: comp.robotics Path: news.media.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!paperboy.osf.org!think.com!sdd.hp.com!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgiblab!sisters.cs.uoregon.edu!cs.uoregon.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!ns1.nodak.edu!plains!altenbur From: altenbur@plains.NoDak.edu (Karl Altenburg) Subject: Re: LEGO motor Sender: usenet@ns1.nodak.edu (Usenet login) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 04:42:32 GMT References: <369fia$sv1@mrnews.mro.dec.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: plains.nodak.edu Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 23 Jean-claude LEGER (system@leto.enet.dec.com) wrote: : Can anybody gives the electrical characteritic of the 9 volt LEGO MOTOR ? : Free running current ? 0.04 amp running at about 4000 rpm with no load. : Stalled current ? About 0.5 amp. : Did Anybody use it for small moving robot ? Yes. Although they are nice to use with LEGO mobile robots they are somewhat expensive for a small DC motor. Several people have been fitting far less expensive small hobby motors for LEGO use. -- Karl R Altenburg altenbur@plains.NoDak.edu North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105 All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God. SIR THOMAS BROWNE