Repeat Compact Brushless Planetary 22mm Gearmotor
£46.50
The smallest and lightest beetleweight drive that we know of! Repeat’s take on the classic 22mm brushless drive with plenty of power from a trusty 1806 brushless motor. Extra robust due to a billet 4mm hardened steel shaft & motor is directly integrated to the gearbox.
Can be mounted with our 22mm face mounts or FingerTech’s Mega Spark face mounts. The planetary gearbox also has squared off ring gear for weight saving and more mounting options. Would pair well with BBB AM32 ESC or Repeat Dual AM32 ESC. CAD: STEP. Wiring diagram, motor drawing & battle hardening info below.
6 in stock
Motor Drawing:
Beetle Brushless Wiring Diagram:
Components in this example: 3S or 4S Lipo, Beetle Safety Kit, Breakout Cable, BBB AM32 Drive ESCs, Repeat Compact Motors, BEC and Flysky Reciever. Image made by Team DSC.
Battle Hardening:
From FingerTech:
As with every gearmotor, it is best practice to remove all the screws and reassemble using loctite. A small dab on each screw will be enough to keep them from vibrating loose.
– Since the gearboxes are packed with grease, it will need to be cleaned off of the eight small Phillips screws before applying the loctite.
– Even better than loctite is a product called Vibra-Tite VC-3. Apply it to the screw threads, wait 30min, and it will harden to a plastic-like coating. Since it hardens before touching the greasy gearbox threads, it can do a better job of holding the screws in place.
Jed (verified owner) –
The smallest and lightest beetle motors you can get, with no sacrifice in power!
A pair of these took me to the top 8 with AntiThesis at BBB Champs 2024. I had these shunting an effective 4.5kg or so of robot around – me, my opponent, and enough magnets to stick myself to the ceiling. It was definitely working them hard, but they took it
Just be aware, these are very fast motors. Use small wheels or gear them down. I was getting plenty of speed with 32mm wheels on 4s.