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Re: Automation Project Proposal - GBC speed
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:33:41 GMT
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> However I don't get why you want to push the balls through so fast. It
> makes things more difficult and I don't see what it buys you. Your full
> run demo video ran with just one ball. That was very entertaining. Why
> not something like 6 balls per minute.
That's one thing that is still very much in question. We had to pick some number,
and 1 bps seemed like a place to start.
All the contraption modules I've seen so far run pretty close to that speed.
It's hard to see in this picture, but the first module is a "clock" connected to a
train controller, so the speed can be adjusted.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1049768
Some of the modules work (look) much better with several balls, and if they have to
wait 1.5 minutes to get 10 balls, that would not be as good.
However, we did run the GBC as a slower speed, and it was still very cool to watch.
In fact, we talked about splitting the stream, and feeding balls out at a slower
rate down another path.
So, we may still be able to accomidate 6 balls per minute...
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| (...) First, Love this idea. I love building Marble runs. I had a 4 year Marble run period all through high school. That's all I would build. However I don't get why you want to push the balls through so fast. It makes things more difficult and I (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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