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Re: RCX and train motors...
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Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:58:27 GMT
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On Fri, October 14, 2005 10:04 am, David Koudys wrote:
> You want some fun?? Try this some time--
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> Watch locomotive careen off track and smash onto floor...
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> Watch your locomotive careen off the track and smash onto the floor.
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> Yes, even at speed 1, the train motors are exceptionally fast.
Add cars to the train. Then, the speeds will make more of a difference.
If you're using the Swan firmware, you may have more control over the motor speed.
I think there's a setting for power/break instead of the normal power/float.
Check into Swan Firmware power levels...
Here are some videos from a GBC we're making for a train layout for this weekend:
(The length of the video on the page is not correct.)
http://www.ffni.com/~kerby/gbc/index.htm
We used touch sensors that hit the train cars, as the cars go by. Here are the cars:
http://www.teamhassenplug.org/GBC/Train/
The blue round 2x2 brick on bottom hits the arm with the touch sensor.
In our GBC @ BF, we actually could attach an unlimited number of stations to each
RCX. But that's another matter.
Steve
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| You want some fun?? Try this some time-- Take one RCX (preferably with AC adapter) Take one Train track connecting wire. Connect wire to Port A (or B or C--matters not) Connect leads to train track Put locomotive on train track. Now, get a RCX (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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