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On 8/3/06, Chris Magno wrote:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
> > On Wed, August 2, 2006 8:42 am, Chris Magno wrote:
> > > Besides, Steve, now that everyone will be using the inside out
> > > tyre(Tm)(Pat Pending) (C) (1) idea that I came up with, how much fun
> > > will this be?
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > 1. http://peach.mie.utoronto.ca/events/lego/lego-072906/img_9394edit.html
> > >
> > > notice how sticky and all rubbery those tires look!!!
> >
> > I know. Those look like they'd work much better than anything else I've seen.
> > There must have been some other design flaw that caused you to lose so bad.
> >
> > Steve
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>
> Seriously, I think the tires were too sticky. When the bot met with something
> "immovable" (like an anchor bot) then the bot would STOP. I really dont recall,
> but I think, none of my loss's were do to actually being PULLED. (I expect to be
> corrected)
>
> MANY of my loss' were when I "called" it, cause my strategy of NOT grasping the
> rope, led to the marker being pulled to the opponent, and my bot was not able to
> recover and pull the other bot in.
>
> At no point do I think the RCX failed in the driving of the RC motor. As a test,
> every time I picked up the bot from the "stall" the motors would spin.
>
> Chris
Then you should have geared them down more.
If it was possible to stall the motors, and the tires weren't slipping
then your speed would have been reduced more, increasing your torque
until you got to a point just before they would slip.
-Rob A>
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| (...) hummm, i dont think i follow this logic. I wanted the speed to try to get to the end of the table as fast a possiable. I had the torque, with the worm to 24, and it was driven with the slower port of the RC motor. OFF TOPIC!!! (calum dont read (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Yes but his design relied on speed as well. So what he really needed is a dual drive system that allowed a high torque motor to come into play when the high speed motor was stalled. I built one of these for my king of the hill robot which (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Seriously, I think the tires were too sticky. When the bot met with something "immovable" (like an anchor bot) then the bot would STOP. I really dont recall, but I think, none of my loss's were do to actually being PULLED. (I expect to be (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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