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Re: Code Pilot is Fantastic RCX add-on!
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Date: 
Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:46:31 GMT
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Doug Wilcox <DOUG@WILCOXFAMILYstopspammers.NET>
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I've been promoting this set as the "perfect" RCX add-on since I got one
last Christmas. The main truck model is waaaaaayyyyy cool and quite
ingenious, almost worthy of Jennifer Clark (Hi, Jenn!). I haven't built all
the alternate models, but the six-wheeled vehicle with trailer is cool (two
of the sets of wheels move in steering, the middle ones move less than the
front), although it's IMHO a little to heavy to motorize effectlively
(unless you gear it way down). I haven't found a good use for the control
box, although my almost-2-year-old likes to play with it--it would, I
believe, make a good second power source/motor control for a simple device
using perhaps a touch sensor. Or it could be utilized merely for its sounds
effects.

In addition to the specs already mentioned, you get:

* A MindStorms-type motor
* Two clutch gears (those funny white ones)
* Two touch sensors
* MindStorms Cables (wires) in several lengths
* Gobs of parts (something like 1,200 pieces)
* Some really cool wheels
* Green axles
* A really good color scheme (unlike the space shuttle--call me a racist,
but I don't like white Technic models.) :)
* Tons of gears, including a differential
* A transmission--which can switch between two different gear trains (which
I'm not skilled enough to effectively use yet)
* Lots of angle beams

--Doug Wilcox

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Hempel" <rhempel@bmts.com>
To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:06 PM
Subject: Code Pilot is Fantastic RCX add-on!


I bought a CodePilot last year when S@H had them on sale
for $US100. The LEGO outlet store in Cookstown Ontario is
rumored to have a few left.

Anyways, the box was gathering dust until I had finished a
major project - the project is still not done, but I've broken
the seal and my 8 year old twins are helping me build it.

As a pre-bedtime ritual, it can't be beat. We do about 4 pages
a night in the instructions, and just savoring the build process
makes you appreciate what lengths TLG went to in the good old
days.

I'm probably going to be unimpressed with the CodePilot control,
but the mechanics of that big green dump truck are just amazing!

The steering turns the inside wheel slightly more than the
outside. The motor is swapped around between functions. There is
a really neat gear-train and transmission....the list goes on
and on, and I haven't even got to the flex system parts!

As an add-on to the RCX, the CodePilot is (in my opinion)
unbeatable. Lots of gears, axles, bushings, arms and wheels.
There are also transmission parts, a differential, some
transmission slip gears, and too much more to mention.

If you can get your hands on one, don't hesitate to pick up
a CodePilot set. Mine will sit on my desk for a few weeks before
being assimilated into the RCX tackle box....

Cheers,

Ralph Hempel - P.Eng

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(...) Yo :-) Having had a good look at the Barcode Truck set and having acquired some parts from it last weekend, I have to say that Doug is entirely correct in recommending this set, as it is superb in all regards. Definitely on a par with the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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I bought a CodePilot last year when S@H had them on sale for $US100. The LEGO outlet store in Cookstown Ontario is rumored to have a few left. Anyways, the box was gathering dust until I had finished a major project - the project is still not done, (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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