@jpearman I’ve noticed this on both kinds of V5 motor now, and I have to ask, what on earth is the point of those fake cooling vents? Why not put like… actual cooling vents there?
Also am I correct in saying that there are no cartridges for these? Are they similar in power and speed to a 393?
This is so cool. I thought the introduction of V5 was as big as it got.
I very much hope that they new parts are vrc legal. seems like it would be such a waste if they were only good for this new thing tbh.
electromagnets seem like a perfect addition, depending on how powerful they are I can see them being super useful.
also a low power v5 motor would be amazing if we could use 2 of them in place of a v5 motor.
The new V5 Smart Motor (5.5 W) motor is essentially a 393 Motor + IQ Smart Motor:
The new V5 Smart Motor (5.5 W) contains the motor from the 393 Motor, the same gearing and integrated encoder from an IQ Smart Motor, a new full metal gearbox output carrier (with a fourth planet instead of the three inside the IQ Smart Motor), and a new temperature sensor that will be adhered directly onto the motor itself (which is how we can get more usable mechanical power out of this motor compared to the prior 393 Motor).
There are no swappable cartridges or gear ratios; the motor will always have a free speed of 200 RPM and fixed overall ratio of 64:1.
The “cooling vents” were mostly added to the V5 Smart Motor (5.5 W) because their bigger (11 W) sibling already had them, and thus it formed a consistent visual design language between the two motors. We do not want any actual openings in the motor housing, because then metal dust from cut / filed pieces of metal has an easy ingress route.
We also changed the aluminum mounting standoffs to steel.
Can I ask why they were there at all on the 11W ones? Did they have any point, or were they purely aesthetic?
Love the new motors. Hopefully they’re VRC legal and we can use 2 of them for the price of 1 11w
They are 10% functional, 20% form, 15% concentrated power of the motor being too warm.
what’s the remaining 55%?
55% waterproof
laugh
5% aesthetic
50% for the lulz
And 100% reason to buy them anyway
Cant wait to see some weird looking robots next season. I hope there’s a giant magnet
Gotta finish it:
10% functional
20% form
15% concetrated power of will
5% pleasure
50% pain
100% reason to remember the name
What a majestic poem
Cool beans. Nice to see lots of new things coming from vex
I wonder how strong the magnetic field of the electromagnet actually is. From something that small, I don’t see it having many uses in high load applications (that is without any actual data to back up –– just don’t get your hopes too high).
They will have to put a limit in place for next season. If you don’t use sensors, you could have 12 electro magnets on the bot. You could potentially use that to pull down on the end of a lift and raise it.
I can’t provide any exact numbers, but you are right to keep in mind that that these are not the electromagnets that you see on cranes in junkyard scenes from the movies.
They have been specifically designed to work with the Weighted Discs included with the Workcell kit.