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Subject: 
Microscout assembly?
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lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout
Date: 
Fri, 10 May 2002 23:16:50 GMT
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One day, while there was nothing to do, I took apart my Microscout (came
with the R2D2 droid development kit, or whatever).  I had no idea how the
motor assembly was connected to the rest of the unit, so this was probably a
bad idea.  Anyway, I took the motor off and can not reassemble the unit.  On
the plastic piece to which the motor was attached, there are two sets of
thin metal strips that come in contact with the motor shaft.  Does anyone
know the correct configuration of these strips?  I'm not very hopeful, but
this is currently the only motorized Lego item I have.  I'm looking forward
to getting RIS 2.0 soon.  I'd like to have a motor to play with until then,
but if nobody can help me that's fine.  And yes, I'm an idiot.



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  Re: Microscout assembly?
 
The only thing that comes to mind is that the metal strips are acting like brushes to connect the power to the commutator of the motor. I opened one of mine and fear restrained me from entering too far. The battery connections are direct to the PC (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout)
  Re: Microscout assembly?
 
Hmm... Well, you could try www.mindstorms.com (or whatever it is) and look fo the configuration. I remember looking around that side and seeing some diagrams and shematics. I have that set too, and I have no intentions of taking it apart (lucily) (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout)

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