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Re: Using motors without a power source.
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 25 Jan 1999 22:35:39 GMT
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If I understand what you are doing then:
Think about the efficiency (or actually lack of ) in using this method. Just
how inefficient are the Lego motors? as generators? Put a load on those
motors and see if they still turn.
Drive all the motors from the RCX or other power source. There is no point
in using two motors as a motor/generator.
Joel
Denny Hyde wrote in message ...
> > In this case one motor is being used as a generator and the other as
> > a motor, correct? You aren't powering both motors.
> That's correct.
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> > also more accurate. What benefit did you see using the two-motor
> > system?
> The main benefit is that I was able to use any design I wanted without • being
> restricted on how and where to place the axels. I could run the wire in any
> manner I needed.
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> It seems to me that Lego purposely engineered this feature into their • motors.
> I've just never seen any documentation on how this could be used in Lego. I
> would have never thought of it had it not been a chance thing. I have never
> considered using motors without a power source but this has definitely • changed
> my thinking.
>
> Denny
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| (...) That's correct. (...) The main benefit is that I was able to use any design I wanted without being restricted on how and where to place the axels. I could run the wire in any manner I needed. (...) I'm not using any power source at all. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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