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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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| (...) 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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