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Subject: 
sound design (Re: 2nd RCX AND PNEUMATICS)
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Date: 
Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:28:48 GMT
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lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Andreas Mattern) writes:

Speaking of rattling, I recently bought the little red servo motor and that
blasted thing is *loud*! Is this normal or did I get a bad model with a
flaw?

Yes, my two also emit a rather unpleasant high-pitched
sound.  Personally, I tend to always use gear motors.
In the beginning I used a minimotor for steering a robot,
but it was very slow and jammed often.  I'd say they are
better for rotating decorations on space stations, radar and
the like, where the sound fits in well.

Jürgen

--
Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr>
http://www.loria.fr/~stuber/



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  Re: sound design (Re: 2nd RCX AND PNEUMATICS)
 
(...) Yup. You really have to use a belt somewhere in the drive train with these motors, which allows it to slip instead of jamming. (...) I'd tend to agree, although they can be useful in functional applications if you are very careful. Sometimes I (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) Speaking of rattling, I recently bought the little red servo motor and that blasted thing is *loud*! Is this normal or did I get a bad model with a flaw? (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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