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Re: 8475 -- a good buy
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Sat, 28 Dec 2002 17:26:58 GMT
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Chris Magno wrote:
> I've just started to play with this set.
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> WOW!!
I agree.
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> THE GOOD NEWS is that
> if you attach a polarity switch like this:
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> http://members.rogers.com/magno42/3out.jpg
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> then the "proportional steering" can be made to be a constant out.
Why didnt _I_ think of that...
> that leaves the 2 "regular" 9V motor out's. what can I say. they do
> what you would expect them to do.
Except that the one for the drive wheels is also proportional - ie, if
you push the stick in the controller a little bit, they go slow, and you
you push it a lot, they go fast. I think there are three different
speeds possible. (stuff like this would be a major selling point on all
the radio shack rc cars. I'm surprised it wasnt even mentioned on the box)
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> Calum, we HAVE to have a "battle bots" game. maybe not a Rx game but
> some sort of LIVEx game.
I would come. (you saw how much fun I had with your bot at the last
robotices competetion, right?)
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| (...) As soon as i read this I had to try it.... I'm so excited... (sec.) . .. .... ..... ........ Your wrong. :( I added a motor, clicked it into my RPM-o-Meter and just nudged the stick a tinsy-tiny little bit.... NOTHING! then I smooched it just (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| I've just started to play with this set. WOW!! despite my earlier post about the B I G box but lots of empty space i like this set..... for the parts. WOW. Lego has come VERY VERY close to my "dream" of a RC lego "system" when I first saw the very (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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