Disney Monorail motor application

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  • Cardman59
    Ensign
    • Nov 2011
    • 2
    #1

    Disney Monorail motor application

    Hello,

    I build remote controlled Disney Monorail Playsets. I am looking to increase the speed of the motor. I have a custom 7.4v circuit board and M250 motor 7.4v at 15000 RPM. Connected is a LOSI MRX-3100 DSM receiver and transmitter is a LOSI Spectrum 2.4GHz DSM transmitter. The battery is a LiPo 2 cell 350mAh 7.4v Thunder Power. Everything works great, I just want it to go faster. I am not an engineer, just an eBay seller of these train sets. ID is Abbysilver to view my trains. Can anyone suggest a new motor compatible with this setup without blowing out any components? Thanks,
    Tags: dc motor application
    • trout
      Admiral
      • Jul 2011
      • 3549
      #2
      There are a couple of thoughts, is it going slow because of the weight it is pulling? or is it the gear assembly?
      Can you give us more information or describe what you tried?
      If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.

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        • Cardman59
          Ensign
          • Nov 2011
          • 2
          #3
          Disney Monorail

          When I talked with Mike Caswell he also mentioned that the gears might be able to be changed to make the train go faster. There is very little weight behind the engine that pulls 5 cars. I know nothing about the plastic gear assembly. The gear box can be opened. There is a worm gear on the motor post to a 2 up gear that turns 2 gears which are the wheel gears to the train. The original monorail set operates on 2 "AA" batteries. I started by connecting the 7.4v battery with the LOSI receiver and found that the lights and sound were blowing out. The 3v motor ran very fast for a short time and then that blew later. I found www.Monorailsilver.com who created a new 7.4v circuit board that now controls the LED lights and sound without any problems. His motor is the M250 and I would just like it to run faster. Any more ideas? Thanks, Tom

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            • trout
              Admiral
              • Jul 2011
              • 3549
              #4
              Mike is a great start. I can only offer suggestions like http://www.hobby-lobby.com/gearboxes...ns_289_ctg.htm or http://www.khkgears.co.jp/world/RCan...FSwaQgodFgiLEw the best thing to do is take an old one and play. David Merriman is very creative, but busy. A robotic forum may be helpful for building the transmission. You have a great business there, I remember Disney when I was a kid and love the monorail to this day.
              If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.

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                • Slats
                  Vice Admiral
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 1776
                  #5
                  Pictures please

                  J
                  John Slater

                  Sydney Australia

                  You would not steal a wallet so don't steal people's livelihood.
                  Think of that before your buy "cheap" pirated goods or download others work protected by copyright. Theft is theft.


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                    • oztruck
                      Commander
                      • May 2010
                      • 317
                      #6
                      You might find it better to increase the size of the drive wheels. The bigger the wheel the more it will travel each revolution = more speed.

                      The wheels will be easier to find than new gears.

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