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Re: building a freewheel?
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lugnet.build
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Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:11:53 GMT
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"Bill Clagett" <bill.clagett@pobox.com> writes:
> What is the correct term for this device? How do non-Lego ones work? Does
> anyone have any insight as to how one might do this with Technic peices?
Indeed, yes. There is a mechanism like this on the 8205 rubber band
powered dragster:
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=8205
The mechanism allows the driven wheels to freely go forward, and the
rubber band spool to drive them.
I've made a related device too, which gives the "absolute value" of an
input axle, i.e. the rotation in one direction only:
http://www.math.uio.no/~fredrigl/technic/direction-unifier/
Fredrik
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| I'd like to drive an axle but also allow it to coast forward, just like a multi-speed bicycle's rear hub. What is the correct term for this device? How do non-Lego ones work? Does anyone have any insight as to how one might do this with Technic (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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