Thread: Rotisserie motor for FCG

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Anybody ever use a rotisserie motor to fly a crank ghost? Since most of these motors are normally mounted so that the skewer is horizontal, and the square shaft just slips into the drive mechanism, what would be a good way to insure the square shaft doesn't fall out, since the motor would be mounted to allow the shaft to be vertical and connect to the crank.

On mine I was able to take the cover off to get more access to the output sleeve, and drilled thru it and the square shaft for a cotter pin. If you won't use the rot motor for anything else, you could epoxy the shaft in. Or couldn't you point the shaft/arm up, so gravity keeps it in?

My neighbor had one in his garage for years that he never used so we attached it to our FCG.

It overheated and would only run intermittently.

Your mileage vary. The ghost was pretty light so it may have just been a bad motor, I mean these things were made to rotate a lot of weight on the grill correct??

I have had the BBQ motor on my FCG for years and haven't had any problems with it. I used JB Weld in to hold the skewer in place.

Not on my FCG, but my stirring cauldron creep uses one. It's done well for 3 years running, and I'd imagine it will outlive the prop in the end.

I will try it again this year, perhaps mine was binding somehow.

Thanks for the replies.