Motor - plus and minus

Hello everybody!
I am Ray, from Quebec, Canada.

Before I start to build anything, I need to find some motor.
Steel and electronic fro rig, and sim accessories are available and are less of a problem for me.
I search to find 3 or 4 identical motor, but this is a chalenge.

I found this post, DC motors shopping list.
I want to know more about the motor themself.

Ex: What are the limits of a wiper motor?
What kind of power do they provide?

The infos on motor are not always available, or, comparable.

Her is my shopping list:

I can only find "dump truck roll tarp" motor locally.
They are 600w and 900w (output power?), seem a little to mush.
I am asking myself, What kind of power do they need?
I would probably have a hard time finding big enough power supply.
And, one wall outlet would't probably suffise.
And, they are sold new with a commercial price tag (300 to 400$ ca).

I can order Crab pot style motor, same as D Max, from eBay at (200$ ca).
They are 200 watt.
They seem to have a good response.
They function with battery power or server power supply.

I can find some wheel chair motor on Ebay and Amazon.
But I am not sure about those, i mean will they last?
Are they sturdy, there ok to go in one direction.
But are the gear ok with back and forward mouvement.
There are for sure the less expensive, 50$ to 100$ca).

Then, there is the Chinese motor manufacturer on Alibaba (100$ ca).
Is that safe for transaction?
Anyone, have experience, ordering from Alibaba?
They are affordable and they have a lot.


Can you give me, share, your thoughts.

Something simple ans lite.
I give your rig and D Max's as a exemple.
I like the Dof reality H3 set-up.
I don't want the rig to take to mush space.
I would start with 3 motors, not to complicate thing to mush.
That would make tilt, role and yaw.
I would use steel tube for the frame.
I am near 200 pounds.

But I want the motor to have enough power.
I see myself building a more complex setup if this one is a success.
I want to be able to re-use those motor, so it would help to have ample power.

Ok, I will try that. but I am kind of scare to loose time learning new software, to get a simple answer.
I feel like I need a doctorate to find the Pitagore equation.
Or maybe I am just lazy.
Ho yes, I will need a PC for that, time to go shopping.


?? Is it not easier for the motor to lift 100 kg at the end of the pivot arm.
If that same arm is 2 in rather then 12 in?

Ok, now I understand. You meant the pivot off the frame or seat. I tough you were taking the pivot arm box pivot. In other words, I tough you meant the smaller the CTC the greater the torque requirement of the motors. And I could not make any sens of that.


Sorry I doubted you, master noorbeast !