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Re: My Latest Creation
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lugnet.org.us.laflrc
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Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:28:53 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.laflrc, Bryan Bonahoom wrote:
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As for why I didn’t hook the steering drive up directly, there were 2
reasons. You stated one (ability to change over to an RCX). The other is
that with only 1/4 of a turn for full side-to-side steering, I would have to
gear the output up some and then drive with a 40 tooth gear...and I used all
my gears to do the drive train :) (there are 20 gears + 2 differentials in
the drive train...I never said this thing was simple) :)
Hope that all makes some sense.
B
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Bryan... I’d be interested in knowing how you have your drive train setup. I’m
sure it is too complicated to easily explain... Maybe a couple of pictures?
I’ve tried a few RC buggy motor drive vehicles and have found that trying to
send all that torque through the lego differentials bad for the health of the
gears (ie lots of very bad grinding and snapping sounds when starting &
stopping). How did you do it?
Thanks,
John
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Message is in Reply To:
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| (...) Yes, there is a standard Lego 9V motor for the steering. It is connected directly to the rack with a 12 tooth gear. The buggy controller is really well suited for hooking a polarity switch up to it directly. The axel output for steering is (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, FTX)
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