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Subject: 
Re: RCX controlled GBC train drawbridge
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lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.laflrc
Date: 
Wed, 7 Feb 2007 17:52:15 GMT
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At 12:04 PM 2/7/07, Peter Ehrlich wrote:
Heres a thought.  Just have the slope going in the other
direction.  That way when it lifts, the balls keep rolling the same
direction.  (Faster and efficient!)   If the raising is too bumpy,
just find a way to place a third or fourth overhead rail keeping the balls in,


One down side here, is that the "ball-lift" must be shut-off when the
bridge is raised, and the controller for the ball lift is on the
"bridge" (other) side of the opening.  But, along those lines, if
there is a bin to catch lose balls, the bridge could just lift up,
and disconnect the ramp at both ends.  Then, when the bridge is on
it's way up, balls just roll back  across the ramp to where they
started, and into a holding area...

Steve



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  Re: RCX controlled GBC train drawbridge
 
(...) Heres a thought. Just have the slope going in the other direction. That way when it lifts, the balls keep rolling the same direction. (Faster and efficient!) If the raising is too bumpy, just find a way to place a third or fourth overhead rail (...) (18 years ago, 7-Feb-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.laflrc)

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