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From: nahshon@dan.haifa.ibm.com (Itai Nahshon)
Subject: Re: tiny motors
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Date: Sun, 31 Jul 1994 13:20:08 GMT
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In article <R.F.Pointon.15.2E3B43CA@massey.ac.nz> R.F.Pointon@massey.ac.nz (Robert Pointon) writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I haven't read any of the earlier articles, but try
> Radio control servos... if you rip the guts out of a
> standard one you should find that the motors are 
> about 1" long, by 0.5" diameter.
> And you can get smaller servos too.
>
> Bye,
>  _
> [_)
> | \obert
I've once ripped an Airtronics 94501 Microlite servo. The motor
inside is about 1/2 inch long and 3/8 diameter. I wouldn't do it on
purpose to a $30-40 units. 
Smaller servos cost more!

Itai

