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| Hi Brian, (...) I was surprised too. I suspect a relatively high internal resistance of the windings, rather than mechanical friction, as the source of losses. No, (shame on me!) I didn't checked yet with an ohmmeter. (...) This is clearly outside (...) (14 years ago, 13-Jan-11, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.smart)
| |  | | Re: Motors comparison page updated
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| (...) Thank you! Surprising that with as easy as it is to backdrive, that the efficiency is as low as it is. Out of (not idle) curiosity, is it possible to drive even more current-hungry devices safely from the NXT? I need a way to drive a 120V AC, (...) (14 years ago, 12-Jan-11, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| My (URL) motors comparison page> now includes tests of the E-motor from (URL) Energy Add-On Set (9688)>. (URL) Enjoy! (URL) Philo> (14 years ago, 12-Jan-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
| |  | | Brickworld 2011 - Registration Open
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| Hello everyone, We are happy to announce that Brickworld registration is now open. We have been hard at work performing a complete overhaul on the registration process. In response to your feedback in the survey after last year's event, we have done (...) (14 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !
| |  | | Technic Figure LDraw model
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| (URL) This (URL) post> pushed me to complete the hard work of Donal Sutter and Orion Pobursky and model the missing parts of Technic Figure. Posing the figure may be quite tricky, but thanks to the advanced rotations features of LeoCAD, it's (...) (14 years ago, 3-Dec-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
| |  | | Re: Hispabrick Magazine 009
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| (...) Link should work now. (14 years ago, 1-Dec-10, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.cad, FTX)
| |  | | Hispabrick Magazine 009
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| It is our pleasure to announce the release of (URL) Hispabrick Magazine 009>. In this issue you you will find a wide variety of articles and interviews. Among other items, there is an interview with LDD Development Manager Claus Matthiesen by (...) (14 years ago, 30-Nov-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.cad, FTX)
| |  | | "Lobster" - Mecanum wheel car drives in any direction
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| Here is something I've been wanting to make for a long time, finally made possible by an amazing design for "Mecanum wheels" due to Zblj over at (URL) Eurobricks>. (3 URLs) Mecanum wheels are similar to "omniwheels" except that the small wheels are (...) (14 years ago, 26-Nov-10, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| |  | | Re: Geneva wheel or Geneva mechanism
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| (...) Very nice implementation! How robust is the construction with the curved bricks? I would think this might come apart over time... Looking forward to seeing the GBC application! (14 years ago, 26-Nov-10, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
| |  | | Tetrix
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| We started a new project with Tetrix, a new NXT-compatible robotics kit available at LEGO Education. Very cool stuff! More to come. Visit the lab-journal at: (URL) (14 years ago, 18-Nov-10, to lugnet.robotics)
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