motorized spinning top

[lockdownTF]

I've seen a few videos of people make spinning tops with motorized spinner handles but I want to know if it was at all feasible to build a spinning top with a motor contained inside it so the top could carry on spinning indefinitely. the major drawback is the battery to the motor would need to be inside the top making the hole thing pretty big I was also thinking about adding a an outer ring that could tilt to give it rudamentry control.

this probably won't work and is mostly a crazy idea I thought up the other day I was just wondering if anyone if its remotely doeable

[DLuders]

I think that it's possible. Check out the Vuurzoon Family's Ninjago Turbo Spin "Power Gun" that is 1/2 way down this MOCpages post.

If you could modify the placement of the Power Functions (PF) battery box, you could possible set the entire assembly inside a frame similar to Aeh5040's Lego Technic "Automatic Synchro Drive" unit (pictured below; see more here and PDF Building Instructions here). The challenge for you would be to BALANCE the weight inside the "Spinning Top" so that it can rotate on a central shaft touching the table....

[lockdownTF]

I think that it's possible. Check out the Vuurzoon Family's Ninjago Turbo Spin "Power Gun" that is 1/2 way down this MOCpages post.

If you could modify the placement of the Power Functions (PF) battery box, you could possible set the entire assembly inside a frame similar to Aeh5040's Lego Technic "Automatic Synchro Drive" unit (pictured below; see more here and PDF Building Instructions here). The challenge for you would be to BALANCE the weight inside the "Spinning Top" so that it can rotate on a central shaft touching the table....

thats similar to what I had in mind though I don't have any hailfire droid wheels at my disposable and I was thinking about using an IR reciever assuming the ir could recieve a proper signal while spinning non stop