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Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
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Wed, 25 Apr 2001 23:08:49 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Andy Gombos writes:
Brian Alano wrote:

3. Paying out thread without severely slowing down the dart is the hard
part. My attempts failed. You need some kind of spindle to rewind the
thread, but I believe you would have to remove it in order to let the
thread pay out unfettered.


Gear up a old 9V motor to spin the spindle very fast, and then spin it just
before and while the dart is flying.  You may be able to keep up the thread
payout with enough gearing.

Why not use a winch with only 1 circlular plate on the axle? Once the
projectile is re-loaded turn the winch through 90 degree's so that the axle
is in line with the dart. Fire the dart and the thread will spool off the
end of the axle automatically, you will of course have to be careful how you
wind the thread onto the axle in the first place so it doesn't get tangled.

Steve



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  Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
 
(...) Gear up a old 9V motor to spin the spindle very fast, and then spin it just before and while the dart is flying. You may be able to keep up the thread payout with enough gearing. Andy -- See my Visual Interface for leJOS at (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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