 | | Gobble, Gobble >Gulp<... Lots of Leftovers...
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Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Took a little time away, so didn't post this until recently... But Once we caught up to the Biod... Ooooo, look what a nice even brown...Well done! (URL) who want's dark meat? Now THAT's what I call a (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.org.us.sealug) !
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| | RE: Motor Speed Control
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(...) Yes, but I think the "power" portion of the cycle will draw more, because it's always trying to go from stop to full speed. Like driving a car with the brakes on. Start with the brake totally pressed, and the more you push on the gas, the less (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Color change: **CEO Draft Letter**
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(...) Have you ever watched a child (10 and under) play with LEGO? Quite often the brick size and shape is way more important than the colour. Take a look at the "kid creations" in the LEGO Magazine. Things are made of all different colours put (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Dec 5 Meeting Agenda
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Contact me if you need directions and phone number: 73 Keller Ave Rockaway NJ 07866 4pm to whenever bring your extra catalogs so we can hand them out at the train show dinner<-- remind me I tend to lose track of time shopping mocs train show future (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | RE: Motor Speed Control
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(...) The brake function (as far as I know) should not use more battery power as the short circuit is in the driver chip itself. The drivers are MOSFETs, so setting the H bridge to brake does not actually apply any battery power to the motor (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Motor Speed Control
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(...) If you are not concerned with remaining pure, this interface (URL) should provide better feedback than the rotation sensor. -Rob A> (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | promoting CLB at the Midwest LEGO Train Show?
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I'm planning to attend the Midwest LEGO Train Show this weekend. Is there anything I/we could do to help promote the CLB there? I'll have my 4-year-old with me, and won't be able to stand in one place very long, but I could perhaps leave a stack of (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.clb, FTX)
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| | Re: Motor Speed Control
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(...) I've been using a power/brake method (instead of power/float) for quite some time in BrickOS. That was one of the first big steps in getting my Legway to work. ( (URL) ) It allows you to program a robot to make smooth turns (slow, instead of (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Any NCLTC/LUG members living in Franklin, NC
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(...) There isn't a NGLUG but there is DixieLUG (URL) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.org.us.dixielug)
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| | ESB Scene: Rescue Mission
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The protocol droid C3-PO seeks out Han to inform him that Luke has not returned to the base. To find his friend, Han sets out on a Tauntaun in the Hoth's snowy wastes, heedless of the dropping temperatures, which is likely to kill him. (3 URLs) (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Re: Any NCLTC/LUG members living in Franklin, NC
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(...) The western-most AFOL I've met in North Carolina is Thomas Main in Boone. Your best bet may be to try the North Georgia folks since it is far closer. I don't know if there's an 'NGLUG', but there is an NGLTC. (URL) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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| | Re: Color change: **CEO Draft Letter**
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In lugnet.color, Mark Chan wrote: <snip> (...) I don't think TLC ever made a promise like this. I remember seeing in some catalogs from the '80s that TLC promoted the fact the most elements were interchangeable with one another, and that all the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Red-Darkgrey themed ALC Orca Dropship and Supermodule
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(...) I second this! Hear hear! Rick (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Un consiglio per favore...
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Salve a tutti, io ho acquistato il lego RC 8376, e adesso ho intenzione di aquistarne un altro.. la mia domanda è questa: se collego i 4 motori alle due centraline e le metto sulla stessa frequenza riesco a comandarle entrambe con un solo (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Motor Speed Control
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(...) I'm doing somthing similair at the moment. My robot runs along a track and needs to be controlled so it doesn't go too fast. I've successfully written some code which limits the top speed, you may be able to modify it or just incorparate ideas (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Weetabix Sets
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(...) You're right. It's rolled wheat flakes pressed into a rectangular bar shape with rounded ends. The website's here: (URL) used to go past the only factory that made it in the world on the way to school. Although people usually add some jam, (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Brand Store Near Heathrow?
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Kingston is almost on the way between LHR and LGW but it'a an awful place to get to and from by car and you'd need to allow at least 5 hours (2 hours to fight through the traffic, park and find the shop, 1 hour to shop, and 2 hours to Gatwick, (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: RCX and the 9v system - help needed!
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If I am understanding the problem correctly here, you should look into using DCC from the RCX. If I do understand your problem, here is a link to a site where a guy tackles using RCX with LEGO trains, and controls them uniquely well with the help of (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | (off-topic) Forth Bridge Rivets
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(...) The Forth Bridges Visitors Centre Trust (a registered charity) has a limited number of encapsulated Forth Bridge rivets for sale. The rivets were removed as part of the ongoing maintenance of the structure and donated to the trust by Network (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Color change: Let's go straight to the CEO!
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Hi Scott, Out of curiousity, I then ask, why is, for example, the engineer from 'Spiderman's train rescue': (URL) Flesh coloured? Is he a specific character like say, Peter Parker or Harry Potter? Samarth SNIP (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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