Radar drive motor

[Eddy Matthews]

Does anyone know of a really small motor suitable for a radar drive?

Ideally I'd like something no longer than 1/2" - But is there something that small available?

[reesor]

Try the motor from a used hard drive they are 12  volt and some have gears that you can adapt.

[reesor]

As uusual, I put my hands in gear before my brain.  I meant to say CD disc drive . The motor that drives the tray is quite small and  at six volts, it is almost perfect speed.

[towboatjoe]

Try shopping around here,,,

http://www.robotmarketplace.com/marketplace_motors.html

http://www.solarbotics.com/

Maybe you could find some ultra small gears to gear down this motor
http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/item/DCM-255/400200/TINY_WEIGHTED_VIBRATING_MOTOR_.html

[Eddy Matthews]

Thanks guys - That gives me a few places worth trying, I wish I'd thought about a CD drive motor myself as I threw out two old CD Roms about 3 weeks ago!

I don't think I'll strip down my computer to rob one from it :-)

[Bill Hudson]

How about motors used in Z or n gauge locomotives???
Bill

[washtech]

What about a drive motor from a zip zap or simular ho scale rc running on low voltage?

[IainM]

I know the query was some time ago but ......
Why not try my modification to an SD200 Mini Servo .
Not difficult and works a treat.

I have attached the PDF, but if you want to, look at www.edinburghmodelboatclub.org under the Help Pages

[Eddy Matthews]

That's superb Iain, many many thanks....

[kim DK]

Laptop CD/DVD drive, system tray release function, is very often handled by a motor of a size similar to those used at the popular toy helicopter tail rotor. Much smaller than the one moving the tray on a desktop unit - I haven't seen a failing motor after recovering more than 10 units.

[andy]

Micromotors of these little RC helicopters? Diameter about 6mm and length about 12,,?

Andy

[the bombus]

hi , i  know this is a realy old topic but nevertheless here"s my idea of a good way of finding motors that small
the motor that is used for the vibrating function in a cell phone are just what you need
best (altough late  ) greetings from bombus