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Re: studless construction practice
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:05:14 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Ray Sanders wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Robert C. Peterson wrote:
> > To make the wheels work on the HAIL FIRE it needs some refinement and the spring
> > action on the destroyer droid should add some serious possibilities for robots
> > in the future.
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> A year back or so I did some messing with the hailfire wheel, trying to find
> different ways of supporting it. One of the minor things I learned is that the
> hailfire teeth are basically an inverted gear. If you try to drive it with small
> 8-tooth gears, the inverse nature will cause large amounts of binding. The
> inside of the big wheel drives best with a large gear, like a 40-tooth one.
> Original comments are here..
It depends how well you keep it centred. I drive it with a single 8-tooth gear
here, with no problems at all:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=724321
ROSCO
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| (...) A year back or so I did some messing with the hailfire wheel, trying to find different ways of supporting it. One of the minor things I learned is that the hailfire teeth are basically an inverted gear. If you try to drive it with small (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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