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<snip snip snip> (...) if i remember correctly there was something where the guy did something like put a differential through the turntable with the 24t part of the diff inside the 24t inside gearing and then made a sort of limited slip axel (did i (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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May I give it a go?..... I'm not exactly sure of the Toy you speak of, Hmmm. I also have seen a Toy that does this. I brought a gift from Zany Brainy for my Friends Son's Birthday. The thing was neat! It was a Clear Ball and had a little I think, (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) > >> ....*OH*...so there is only one wheel in your solution. Hmmm - I hadn't (...) Aha! That works a treat! (URL) a bit slow moving with that gearing - but I'll soon fix that) Many thanks. ---...--- Steve Baker ---...--- HomeEmail: (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yeah - exactly. (...) Limiting the rotation like that would remove the very feature of this mechanism that I need - the ability to escape (eventually) from any kind of corner. (...) That might work - but it comes into the catagory of 'iffy' (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The "Cy-Purr Mouse" cat toy seems to be sold just about everywhere (including my local supermarket) for $9 US or so. See, for example*: (URL) employs the principle you are describing about as precisely as I can imagine. The only problem I've (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) (URL) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) I find it hard to believe some 'iffy' condition would be required for a mass-producted childs toy. (so you hope) I have two suggestions. 1) Limit the rotation of the turntable to 180 degrees. (or 180 each direction) That should keep it from (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I've been trying to build a mechanism I remember seeing on a kids toy. What I'm thinking of is a vehicle with two un-driven wheels at the back and two wheels at the front that are mounted on a turntable such that they normally pull the vehicle (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Stef Mientki" <s.mientki@ids.kun.nl> wrote in message news:H4IC2q.8HB@lugnet.com... (...) Dasher? No, do you have a URL? Dean (...) and (...) as (...) the (...) felt (...) spirit (...) correspondence. (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Out on the Town, Jama can now take a bow. (URL) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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