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Subject: 
Re: Friction Pulley question
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Mon, 24 Jan 2000 19:50:11 GMT
Original-From: 
Brian B. Alano <alano@kiva.SPAMCAKEnet>
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Tilman Sporkert wrote:

(*) Sample size = 1, number of tests = 1, duration of experiment = 2 seconds :-)

Tilman


My experience:
Sample size = 3, number of tests >= 5 each last night.
Results:
Unit 1: Micro motor stalls before pulley slips.
Unit 2: Micro motor stalls before pulley slips.
Unit 3: Pulley slips before motor stalls.

So based on my evidence, you are 66 2/3% correct! (Adding your results to mine makes
you 75% correct!)

The axle stub of the micro motor is so short that the only gear that fits is the
pulley with the rubber insert. So is it supposed to slip or not? Or is it simply
a connection that provides some elasticity if the gears aren't perfectly aligned
to reduce the stress on the internal bearings?

This "axle stub" is actually a standard Lego(TM) stud. Thus you could connect the
micro motor directly to the bottom center hole of 2 x 2 brick or to a lift arm, for
instance. Likewise you should be able to snap the friction pulley onto the top of a
1 x 1 brick.


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  RE: Friction Pulley question
 
(...) Interesting point. This got me thinking... Lego almost never provides instructions for the "proper" use of pieces. Most of the time it's not needed, and wouldn't fit with the Lego philosophy of being creative and using your imagination. But (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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