jensmith25
Senior Member
Hi all,
Can anyone recommend a tiny electric motor to run off a picaxe chip? It doesn't need to be able to carry any load as such. I'm building a plastic model kit of the Starship Enterprise from the 2009/2013 Star Trek movies and the on the warp nacelles, at the front there is a bussard collector on each nacelle.
Some people have used LED chaser effects but others have made a rotor template to match the design in the film and then backlit it which I think is a much better idea, but I don't know a lot about model motors, other than the ones I've used in technics lego many years ago.
There seems to be a bewildering number of motors available and I'm not sure where to start. One person has used a servo adapted to continuos rotation but I don't know if this is better than a small motor?
Requirements:
Low cost but reliable, if possible
Small and lightweight (has to fit inside a plastic nacelle without causing issues)
Only spinning a lightweight card or similar rotor so doesn't need to be powerful
Ability to run off the Picaxe chips
Any recommendations gratefully received.
Jennifer,
Can anyone recommend a tiny electric motor to run off a picaxe chip? It doesn't need to be able to carry any load as such. I'm building a plastic model kit of the Starship Enterprise from the 2009/2013 Star Trek movies and the on the warp nacelles, at the front there is a bussard collector on each nacelle.
Some people have used LED chaser effects but others have made a rotor template to match the design in the film and then backlit it which I think is a much better idea, but I don't know a lot about model motors, other than the ones I've used in technics lego many years ago.
There seems to be a bewildering number of motors available and I'm not sure where to start. One person has used a servo adapted to continuos rotation but I don't know if this is better than a small motor?
Requirements:
Low cost but reliable, if possible
Small and lightweight (has to fit inside a plastic nacelle without causing issues)
Only spinning a lightweight card or similar rotor so doesn't need to be powerful
Ability to run off the Picaxe chips
Any recommendations gratefully received.
Jennifer,