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Re: Fully motorized sports car
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lugnet.build
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Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:04:53 GMT
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Very cool - I'm amazed at how small it is given that it contains both
steering and drive motors.
I'm irritated that micro-motors are no longer available (at least last time
I checked LEGO didn't have any more and didn't know if they would get more).
These are ideal for motorizing mini-fig and near mini-fig models.
Brad
Bram Lambrecht <bram@cwru.edu> wrote in message
news:G5nDK6.L2C@lugnet.com...
> This evening, I decided to challenge myself to build a small, yet cool • looking
> fully motorized vehicle. Turned out I had the extra challenge of
> photographing a black model :)
> My previous attempt at a very small and fully motorized vehicle was too • tall
> for my taste, and the steering wasn't prototypical. This attempt, is • shorter,
> wider, and longer...ie, it's a not-quite-minifig scale sports car instead • of a
> minifig scale truck/van.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2356
> The results: a 8x24x5 black sports car...it ended up looking like a • modified
> Corvette, IMO (except that the engine is in the wrong place). You can see • the
> wires for steering (micromotor) and driving (geared motor) sticking out • the
> driver side window. These attach to longer wires from the controls:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=23850
> Unfortunately, I was unable to fit seats inside, so I didn't bother with
> opening doors and instead added some side details. The rear hood does • open,
> though. Underneath is a big V8. As always, please LMKWYT!
> --Bram
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> Bram Lambrecht
> bram@cwru.edu
> http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/
>
> [FUT lugnet.build]
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| (...) I spent a long time trying to come up with a steering mechanism that takes up as little space as possible. If anyone has any other ideas, I'd be glad to hear/see them. (...) They're not perfect. Micromotors are too slow and weak for much else (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.build)
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