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Re: Line Following Monster
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Date: 
Wed, 28 Sep 2005 21:08:52 GMT
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On Wed, September 28, 2005 1:05 pm, Bryan Bonahoom wrote:
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).

Cool.  Which wheels are you using, and how is it geared?  (how fast does it go?)

The cool part - this baby follows a line up a 40 degree incline (I have gone as
far as 4 feet up the incline.  I am beginning to envision a new line following
contest that I might call the Rubicon Trail (if you are a Jeep owner, you might
be familiar with the real Rubicon Trail...unless you own one of those sissy Jeep
Libertys)...This contest would test your line following skills and your general
building skills...oh, and I think there would be a minimum and maximum weight
limit to force bigger entries as they would be more fun to watch.

This sounds fun, if you can figure out how to make a line to follow, that runs over
obstacles.

Steve



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  Re: Line Following Monster
 
(...) 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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  Line Following Monster
 
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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