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What's_nitro?
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11.12.2008, 10:28 PM

Machined 6061 case, 1/2 steel shaft, 1/4" thick NdFeB magnets and a 4-pole armature! To top it all off, 82% efficiency! I love these things!

I used one back in HS in a Battlebot my shop class built. It spun up a 24 pound steel bar to 2000 RpM (3:1 chain drive) in about a second.
   
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