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Re: Problem with auto-steering mechanism.
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Fri, 25 Oct 2002 21:16:04 GMT
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Original-From:
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Steve Baker <(sjbaker1@airmail.)ihatespam(net)>
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Steve Baker wrote:
> Rob Limbaugh wrote:
> >
> > If I remember right, the vertical drive shaft (from the motor in the
> > body) was also the center of the circle for steering. Something like
> > this:
> >
> > S S T S T
> > T S T T S T
> > TTTTSTTTT
> > T GGG T WWWW T G T WWWW
> > TAGAAAAATAAAWWWW
> > G WWWW
> > WWWW
> >
> > S = Shaft (drive shaft from motor)
> > T = Technic Turntable
> > G = Gear
> > A = Axel
> > W = Wheel
>
> > For some reason, I'm thinking the vertical center of the wheel or the
> > right-most column of T's would be in line with the middle of the bot.
>
>> ....*OH*...so there is only one wheel in your solution. Hmmm - I hadn't
> thought of that. I think the single wheel needs to be beneath the
> center of the 'SSSSSS' shaft.
Aha! That works a treat!
http://www.sjbaker.org/toy2.gif
(it's a bit slow moving with that gearing - but I'll soon fix that)
Many thanks.
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| <snip snip snip> (...) if i remember correctly there was something where the guy did something like put a differential through the turntable with the 24t part of the diff inside the 24t inside gearing and then made a sort of limited slip axel (did i (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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