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open request to all: during the last robot games some of the entries has 4 wheel 4 motor robots. how well does this work? is it like a track, and A B steering? is it less stable? does anyone have advice on building a robot and powering each wheel (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The sumo 'bot I made for Guelph originally had 4 motors/4 wheels. the problem is I joined the geartrain for each side together, so the one wheel was geared directly to the other wheel on one side of the 'bot. This caused more binding when the (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) well, between the time i made the post and now i created a quick 4 motor 4 wheel design and to my surprise it worked. the A B steering is acceptable. there is some skitter, but not too bad. Thanks, I'll try putting distance between the motors (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3A0A1852.6B1434...ome.com... (...) Hint: Wide + Short. :) The wider the base is, and the closer the wheels are together front/back, the less binding you'll have. If you have a very narrow design, (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) hummm, let me solve 8 other problems FIRST and then I'll learn NQC, THEN I'll try to angle my axles. -- Chris Lego Walker now @ www.members.home.net.../index.htm (24 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3A0E2A8B.714CCA...ome.com... (...) surprise (...) task main() SetSensorType(SENSOR_1, SENSOR_TYPE_CHRISMANGODETECT); { if(chrisMango == stubornAboutNQC) { teachNQCTo(); } else { buyMoreApples(); (...) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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{ teachNQCTo(); } else { buyMoreApples(); } } your quick lesson taught me a lot about NQC. I'm not sure what these do though: teachNQCTo(); in this statement who are you teaching?????? and in this: buyMoreApples(); i dont get it at all. -- Chris (...) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3A0EE01B.FE4467...ome.com... (...) You'd have to look at the sub teachNQCTo() to discover that. (...) That's because you don't eat Mrs. George's Butter Tarts. Iain (24 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's not *quite* correct. More like if(chrisMagno = stubbornAboutNQC) (...) Grin, duck, run Jeff (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Jeff Elliott" <jeffe@telepres.com> wrote in message news:3A104D85.BE318D...res.com... (...) OMG!!!!! I always thought it was Mango, like the fruit. :) (...) Ducks!? Where!! Iain (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) wow, your both wrong. i missed the miss spelling of my name.... but JEff, i did catch the missing double + sign. so it should be. if(chrisMagno == stubbornAboutNQC) OK, so can we move on now. and leave those poor ducks alone BTW has anyone (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3A1076A2.22BFA7...ome.com... (...) Smartass. :) (...) I had a sad dream last night where I was at the Disney studios or something and they were filming a sitcom with cartoon characters, and they (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Iain, you silly goose. you don't need to learn LDRAW when there is MLCAD!!!! it is so cool (just don't try to run it on a 486 laptop) (URL) the homepage. and to get you started just go here: (URL) expect you to be up and running in no (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3A107D6E.681C33...ome.com... (...) TOO CONFUSING!!!...!!! All I see is complicated tech-jargon. Make simple for stupid head to understand. Iain (I'm trying, anyway... *sigh*) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) <SIGH> The single = sign was my *point*; it's supposed to be *funny*: in C you can assign inside a test, it's called "The Last C Bug"[1], and it means that chisMagno will always be stubborn. I actually missed his Iain's mangling of your name, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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With much patients and too much time Jeff explains: (...) ummm, Ya..... right.. and this is supposed to convince me that NQC is better. now this was the good ol' days. (Iain cover your eyes) 10 ? clr 20 ? tab(20) "ya right"; 25 ? " hit any key" 30 (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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