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Subject:	Re: Magic Trick / lego Technic "class"
Newsgroups:	lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic
Date:	Sat, 30 Oct 1999 09:42:55 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <38193bcf.12068213@lugnet.com>... > 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. ___________________________________________________________ I discovered that about two weeks ago... I was working on my LEGO based laser light show using two motors and silver anniversary bricks as mirrors. I hooked up both motors to a battery box. Somewhere along the line, I disconnected the battery box, so the two motors are wired together. As I was adjusting one of the "mirrors", the other mirror moved! Freaked me out! ;-) Well, I thought, if it surprised me, how many people know about his "phenomenon"? So, I set out to create the world's first(?) LEGO magic trick! Here's the current incarnation of LEGO Magic Trick: http://incolor.inetnebr.com/mvunlim2 =Hari=

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		Re: Magic Trick / lego Technic "class"
(...) that I've seen for this principle. If I were a teacher at an elementary school, I'd be going doubly nuts -- what a great introduction to motors!! So, you discovered the principle of wired-together motors more or less by accident?--then, while (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

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