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Old 11-02-2007, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by h0ughy View Post
OK how much are these Maxxon motors ? easy to retorfit?

http://www.maxonmotor.com/product_overview.html

which one
Hi,

Seems to be this one http://test.maxonmotor.com/docsx/Dow...f/06_120_e.pdf

You get the complete motor unit as in my image and the price is US $ 240.00 + shipping and taxes.

You take of the standard servo motor and screw in the new ones. That is it.

You can not just get a Maxxon motor and exchange it inside with the standard motor. The standard motor has a diameter if 35mm and the Maxxon is 26mm and 45mm long

Also you need that tiny sprocket on the shaft which goes into the gearbox and the encoder wheel also needs to be with a bigger hole in it so it fits.

I just made more tests and yes they do work better. I had a Stall motor problem with my DEC axis and after putting the new motor in it disappeared.

WARNING even being this motors stronger do not think that you do not need to balance your mount correctly.

I have to add that my Losmandy G11 is not anymore a standard one as I developped a new worm block called RS-Wormblock which is floating against the gear and therefore I have no backlash at all and the worm adjusts more or less itself onto the gear.

Here is an image of my design on a GM-8 which fits equally on a G11

http://www.rainerehlert.com/astro/wo...ormblock01.jpg

and this is how they look on the mount

http://www.rainerehlert.com/astro/Lo...-Maxxon-02.jpg

Last edited by rsbfoto; 11-02-2007 at 11:03 AM. Reason: added image
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