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On Mon, 31 May 2004 21:06:54 GMT, "Tiago Bittencourt Silva"
<tiagobs@brturbo.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I´m trying to build a LEGO Mindstorms car with a motor-powered transmission. I
> only want two or three gears, nothing too much complex for the start.
>
> I builded the transmission from the chapter 14 of the book "Building Robots with
> LEGO Mindstorms" (Mario and Giulio Ferrari), but it isn´t working very well...
> The 8-tooth gear is always sliping and I need to add a sensor to detect how far
> the motor can go. Does anyone have a better idea for a simple transmission like
> that? Or can help me improve my design?
>
> By the way, in this car I also want to use a rack-and-pinion steering system.
> I´m using one from a set I have (use some specialized parts, but is very
> simple). I´m having also the problem of putting a sensor to detect the center
> (neutral steering).
>
> Thanks
>
> Tiago B. Silva
Try here: http://www.mindstormmanifest.nl.tt/
The automatic gearbox is brilliant!
Duq
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| (...) I just built that, but using the instructions, the 20t bevel gear used for 1st gear scrapes one of the 1x8 plates. Moving the plates up to the top solves the problem (I also used 2x8s to help keep it square). HTH ROSCO (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| Hi everyone, I´m trying to build a LEGO Mindstorms car with a motor-powered transmission. I only want two or three gears, nothing too much complex for the start. I builded the transmission from the chapter 14 of the book "Building Robots with LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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