Military surplus engine

[jtbartlett]

Yes it certainly does. I just disassembled the chair controller and joystick thinking I just might be clever enough to make these work. It turns out I can use the motors without the controller. I'll just have to use a spring DPDT switch to reverse polarity, up and down....easy cheesy. 24V will get you 110 RPM at 3.3A so I'm probably looking at 55 RPM and half the rated power. We'll see if 2 motors have the power to lift the carriage. If they don't I'll have to look into some mechanical advantage to assist.

[r.man]

Jt, I'll throw my vote to Fabbers solution too. For the cost of a cheap 12v battery you are into simple proven technology without the worry of unproven solutions like mine. As for the 12v/24v motor powering I once worked on a childs ride-on battery car that used two six volts that would run in parallel for slow and series for high speed. One motor, two voltages. Keep us updated it's an interesting idea.