new 3.8 motors, info etc.

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    • May 22, 2002 at 12:45 am #8973
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      There are third party (non-tomy) motors available in HK from a guy named “JO”. They are the same spec as Tomys motors, but have different color-coded motor ends to distinguish speed from the tomy motors.

      3.8 is pink and the 0.5 is a darker blue than the 1.0 tomy motor.

      The 3.8 pink has better torque than the 3.0 red, and doesnt require a push start. The darker blue runs slower than a 1.0 light blue, so my best guess is its a 0.5 motor. I bought that one by accident (wrong shipment).

      go to: http://www.stomper4x4.com/minirc/

      At the bottom of the page is a button that will link you to JO’s (a.k.a “R10725”) ebay auctions. Email him directly, and ask for the pink 3.8 non-tomy motors. he sells them for $11 each. Hope this helps everyone.

      deejay40

      http://mywebpages.comcast.net/fly.one/charg/index.html

    • May 22, 2002 at 12:51 am #13831
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      what’s the runtime with the 3.8 motor? i heard a 3.0 has a short runtime so i assume a 3.8 is worse?

    • May 22, 2002 at 12:55 am #13832
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      I recognized that guys E-Bay handle. He does alot of business!

      -Floyd

    • May 22, 2002 at 2:09 am #13842
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      Never actually measured the runtime on the 3.8 motor. Its definitely shorter… but not “significantly” shorter. What I mean to say, is it runs long enough to have fun with, that you wouldnt notice. I dunno, I am always having too much fun playing with my bitchargs, I never notice things like that. Im gonna have to test it tonight.

      On a different note, the motorola pager motors run forever! Okay, thats an exaggeration, but I would have to say they run about twice as long as a 2.2, and the speed is consistent until it finally conks out. Maybe its the motorola”flex” technology they put in there to extend battery life! hehe.

      I opened up an OLD OLD pager today to salvage the motor. Dont bother openingthe pagers with the narrow LCD screens at the top, cuz theyDONT FIT! Much too big! The newer ones allfit though. Anyone have any idea where I can find the specs for old motorola pagers to determine what the actual rpms are? Or perhaps where I can buy those motors separately? Is that a Radio Shack type of thing? or is that proprietary?

      deejay40

      — gonna be first to make a charG w/4×4 tires and absolutely no climbing ability. hehe. —

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