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| they are IIRC, high speed. Has anyone used them as a drive motor in a robot? (AND dave if you tell me about your babrie doll car I will mock you) did you gear them? (yes i know there are 2 holes/speeds) or are these better suited for the RC car and (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Calum and I used the RC motors in our remote control robot for live2, where we used it to beat you. :) (URL) motors were used to drive the 4 bar linkage which flipped you over on your back many times. (Steves balls.) Iain (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) I built a sumo robot for BrickFest '04. Oh, sorry, that's right, can't mention sumo on this channel. Ok, I built a vanilla robot that happened to use two RC motors. First time I tried it on the kitchen floor, it damn near killed the cat. (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) whats sumo? cant be any good or fun if RTL has never done it. (...) I'm at at the "add motors" stage to my robot, and I was just mess'n around. it would seem the RCX 1.0 powered with AC and direct driving the large "motorcycle" tyres... could (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) That was more Iain and me there. But to enjoy your defeat a little more: (URL) a little Bruce Sheridan action in there too. Calum (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Now, you guys are just getting personal... (...) Sounds like a damn near successful robot. (...) If you want to use the RC motors, there are a couple things to know: 1) You can not power them from an RCX. They'll run, but not as well as the (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) 4) RC motors can trip the thermal protection in the battery boxes if the RC motors are heavily loaded or stalled. One stalled RC motor will trip the thermal protection on the 6xAA 9V battery box (ask Steve). Two small 9V battery boxes in (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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