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Re: More juice out of the standard motors.
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Tue, 13 Mar 2001 12:53:06 GMT
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Original-From:
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Andy Gombos <gombos_2000@yahoo.!ihatespam!com>
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Greg Betzel wrote:
> On Monday, March 12, 2001, at 05:15 PM, Magnus Fasting wrote:
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> > Hello
> >
> > I'm trying to make a robot go as fast as possible, but it seems that the
> > power of the engines are stopping me. I own one RIS kit and nothing
> > more.
> > Can i add some more batteries or something?
>
> Assuming the robot is being used self-powered (versus with AC adapter),
> would there be benefit in modifying the RCX to run off a single 9 volt
> versus all those AA's? That would save quite a bit of weight. :)
>
>
This would cause the weight to go down for acceleration, but then when you
turned off the motors, you would coast a shorter distance due to your less
inertia. It would depend if you were building a robot for pure acceleration,
or not. It would also be good for a flying robot. :)
Andy
> Doing this wouldn't be "Lego pure" of course & the single battery
> wouldn't last long. But for sheer acceleration any weight that can be
> shaved off is a Good Thing.
>
> Greg Betzel
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| (...) Assuming the robot is being used self-powered (versus with AC adapter), would there be benefit in modifying the RCX to run off a single 9 volt versus all those AA's? That would save quite a bit of weight. :) Doing this wouldn't be "Lego pure" (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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