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(...) Pictures? you know how bad I am about pictures :) Power gets to the wheels through a drive shaft with 20 tooth gears at each end. Then there are gears that connect to the 24 tooth side of a differential. The front drive has ujoints that drive (...) (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, FTX)
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(...) I am using the spoked motorcycle wheels from the Mindstorms kit (2 on the front and a "dualy" configuration on the rear...mostly for looks) The main drive is attached to the geared down output of the rc buggy motor - the only gearing down from (...) (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, FTX)
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(...) That sounds *very* cool. Pictures? How do you get power to all four wheels (for instance, through the turntables)? And the linkage between the front wheels? Two or three differentials? Can you add suspension? Etc., etc... (...) Does this meet (...) (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, FTX)
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(...) Cool. Which wheels are you using, and how is it geared? (how fast does it go?) (...) This sounds fun, if you can figure out how to make a line to follow, that runs over obstacles. Steve (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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So - I was bored over the last couple of weekends (I had a cold and couldn't go outside and enjoy the weather). I used my time wisely and now have a 4 wheel drive car that runs on 2 RC buggy motors (I mentioned this in a previous post). I also spent (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, FTX)
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(...) I've had the same thing hapen when I'm using LDCC--'Whys the train moving slow??' <beep beep!> 'Rats! Reload the firmware...' Dave K (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Not so far - both Steve & I have run numerous hours of GBC trains (engine plus a couple cars) from a 1.0 RCX. I only noticed two issues: (1) the output area of the RCX does get slightly warm, at least on mine, but never shut down due to (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) We haven't used a large loop. Well, the loop at BF was big, but it was also divided into two segments. Also, the trains are only a couple cars long. It doesn't draw that much current. Steve (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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In lugnet.org.us.laflrc, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snip> (...) Thanks for telling--mucho appreciated. You don't find that having one motor port powering the entire track to be hard on the RCX? Dave K (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) welcome (...) Yes. The train motor is just another 9v motor, much like the one with the Mindstorms kit. (...) No. The reason for doing that (using the electrical plate) is if you are running big trains that put a large load on the RCX, or (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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