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Re: Has anybody successfully added an RCX to 7471 Mars Rover?
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Sat, 24 Jan 2004 08:09:33 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
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I’ve replaced the middle tire assemblies with some stepped-down motors and
attached them to the actual unit. The wires are threaded up through the guts
of the structure and hooked up to the RCX. Success! It moves and moves well,
at a believable pace (not sprinting, not sluglike).
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I’ve been wondering about this for a while, but if the final result does end up
being a bit sluggish, or not quite powerful enough to drive over small pebbles,
would it help to hook two drive motors up to each of the center wheels? I get
the idea that you want to avoid putting cumbersome drive motors on the four
wheels that steer, and this might be a solution if it turns out to be a problem.
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Now, to lobotomize the rest of the rover to fit in the RCX. The cavity is
almost exactly the width and length of an RCX, as if they designed it to work
this way.
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I believe they did design it with that in mind, though probably not quite to the
extent of figuring out exactly how to make it all work.
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