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"Jim Kovacs" <jkovacs@adelphia.net> wrote in message news:HL0xMq.4s6@lugnet.com...
> One of my other hobbies (nitro RC Cars and trucks) uses this method.
> http://www2.gpmd.com/image/t/trac4470.jpg
> you will notice that the "gear" in the picture has holes all the way around.
> (Similar to a large technic gear)....friction pegs slip into these holes. This
> gives you some amount of adjustability based on how many pegs you choose to use.
> http://www2.gpmd.com/image/t/trac9685.jpg
but i think the pegs on my picture are only to fix the rubber disk
> This is a very effective way of controlling slip. An RC car engine can easily spin up to 30000
rpms so dust from the pegs is quite apparent after some use. I doubt anyone will get a lego motor to
spin that fast :) .....but I would still be concerned with dust.
yeah
i saw some pictures on the web
where the lego-dust appears :)
> The pictures I listed do not show the rest of the setup, which involves a shaft
> through the center of the gear..a spring some large washers and a nut. The more
> you tighten the nut...the less slip you get...
maybe my idea is too simple to be named a clutch
but all TLC mechanisms are simple
and they mark (in a way) the real mechanisms
of course this simpicity it great
it's the power of TLC's mechanisms
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