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Re: lego Technic "class"
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lugnet.edu, lugnet.technic
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Fri, 29 Oct 1999 06:27:29 GMT
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In lugnet.edu, Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> writes:
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> Anyone got good ideas on how to do things like introduce different ways
> of driving a vehicle from a motor? Anyone else doing this? I'm having as
> much fun with it as they are <g>.
Last week I built a little non-robot vehicle using four of the new
internally geared-down Technic 9v motors. Two of the motors were connected
directly to the wheels, the other two motors served as human-cranked
generators to power the motors on the vehicle. The reason I used four
motors (two pairs) instead of two motors (one pair) was so that I could run
each of the wheels different directions, so that the vehicle could pivot in
place and turn.
Anyway, a really fun experiment that kids and adults alike seem to enjoy is
simply to hook two 9v motors together with a regular connector. Then turn
one motor and watch the other one turn in perfect a mimic. It's really
amazing how energy-efficient the LEGO motors are.
Jin Sato did something even neater yet -- he made a little walker vehicle
using two motors -- one as a generator, the other as a motor. The feet were
the "claws" (opened wide) from an Aquazone set such as 6109 Sea Creeper:
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=6109
The mechanism worked magically -- you turned the generator motor back and
forth, back and forth, like a washing machine, and the walker took little
steps. I think kids would love seeing something like that.
--Todd
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: lego Technic "class"
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| (...) One other idea on that same line of thought -- the very first thing I wanted to do as soon as I got the two motors hooked together and working (which really only takes a couple of seconds) was to make the wire longer -- to put more distance (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: lego Technic "class"
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| (...) I had a chance to play with Todd's creation for awhile. It was really cool! (The best part was the 20-foot control tether that he made so that it could be operated from a balcony high above.) I thought the controller was cool too -- to get the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: lego Technic "class"
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| (...) Cool! I'd never thought of doing that. Just showed it to my daughter and she was very interested and we had a good conversation about motors and generators a a result. I'll show the kids when I go in next week and see what results. Kevin (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.technic)
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| | lego Technic "class"
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| Hey, am I the first to post here? Cool! A few weeks ago I started running a Technic building session once a week for 2 hours at my daughter's school. This is an alternative school (non-coercive academically) where parents volunteer half a day a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu)
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