Small geared moters for spinning bussard blades?

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Dunsel
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Small geared moters for spinning bussard blades?

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Does anyone know of where to get some small motors to use in things like the AMT Enterprise nacelles to make the inner bussard blades spin?

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Have advertised for decades in model railroad magazines and have been articles about using various motors for propulsion and effects. One of those things I keep intending to do but get distracted by other projects.
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@southwestforests:

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oh yeah that's a good suggestion!

i wonder if they could rig something up for a helicopter build... :twisted:
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If someone could post the model number of the motors used in the round 2 lighting kit, that would probably be useful. They're small enough to use for everything above 1:1000 scale.
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The PL kit motors are specific to this kit and don't have any useful markings. One of the motor has "092812" written on it but that doesn't tell you anything.

I'm using Sayama motors that are very similar but have metal shafts and are generally better quality. Their model # is 12SM-AT3.
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Thanks for the info,everyone : )
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