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Re: Back to the Future DeLorean
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lugnet.build
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Thu, 11 Jan 2001 02:24:40 GMT
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Bram Lambrecht <bram@cwru.edu> wrote in message
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> blessing writes:
> > Hey thats great!!
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> Thanks!
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> > I have two questions:
> > 1. How do you build such great models in such sort time periods?
> > I mean it hasn't even been a week since you posted about the Diablo.
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> I'm still on winter break. I didn't do much besides build and sort
> yesterday, and the same goes for Saturday (when I built the Diablo).
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> > 2.How did you get al of the fiber optic lines to light at once?
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> Since my two geared motors and two micromotors are in use (which means the
> rover's lifetime is doomed), I used an old ungeared 9V motor. It spins so
> fast (even when slightly geared down), that the fiber optic lines appear • to
> light all at once. Along with a shutter speed of about 0.25 seconds (or
> more for the dark shots), the photos show all the lines lit.
> --Bram
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> Bram Lambrecht
> bram@cwru.edu
> http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/
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Cool. Now I have to find a 9V motor.
Gary
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| (...) Heh...what the pictures don't convey is how loud and annoying the motor sounds when it's spinning the fiberoptics. BTW, the motor is a gray 4 x 5 x 2.33 stud box with an axle sticking out one of the 4 x 2.33 ends. The electrical contacts are (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | RE: Back to the Future DeLorean
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| (...) Thanks! (...) I'm still on winter break. I didn't do much besides build and sort yesterday, and the same goes for Saturday (when I built the Diablo). (...) Since my two geared motors and two micromotors are in use (which means the rover's (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
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