Phidget motor 4001

It seems that several people are using these PMDC motors to run a ballscrew type actuator (DOF Reality H3 and H6). Looking at the specs it says it's a 100 watt output motor. $80 for a motor/gearbox is pretty sweet. What do you guys think, is it enough motor to drive a 1605 ballscrew actuator? https://www.phidgets.com/?prodid=1093

generally good motors, but in some cases quite slow and noisy

I have 2 on the way to test with my P3. I plan on doing a 3DOF with heave (flight simming) or a 6DOF based off of your P6 design once I verify they work as intended. The 5:1 gearbox and 1605 I'm running with the original P3 motor is too slow even for flight. I'm hoping that the faster, 4-brush motor and 4.25:1 gearbox will pick up the speed enough. I'll let you know about the noise level.

Anything that lifts your entire weight will require >500 watts to move you an acceptable distance at an acceptable speed. So it seems way off.

The wattage is kind of a ballpark estimate of the motors capability to do work although some motors are more efficient than others. The 12.5 kg/cm is a more accurate measure of power. This is about 1.2 newton meters. You won’t be able to move a balanced rocking rig with that motor/gearbox. If you try and run a ball screw at that speed it will be tedious at best.

For comparison a 750w AC servo motor can run 3000 rpm at ~2.4 Nm. $150 including cables no PSU required. 220v AC is preferred.

I was thinking that same thing, but these folks were all saying how well their rigs run with these motors. I should have checked here before ordering them. Hope I didn't just piss away $180.