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Re: Thoughts on Turning
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 26 Jan 1999 05:04:55 GMT
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote in message
news:36ac7ccf.83855140@lugnet.com...
> It sounds liek a very nice way of doing things. Does it require three
> motors tho? One forward reverse, one left right, and one for
> lowering/raising the 5th wheel? I could think of a way to do it with
> one motor for left/right _and_ forward/reverse, I think, so that is
> only takes two motors total. But that would be harder to construct.
> Maybe with an 8880 gearbox :)
The first version simply dragged the fifth wheel and flipped up onto it when
the unit reversed for a moment, this worked but obviously prevented simply
backing up. Currently I use a third motor with a worm gear/40 tooth combo
to turn the pivot arm down and lock it in place.
> Do you have any pictures posted anywhere? It sounds like a very nice
> solution, precisewly because it's so different :)
Hmm, wonder if that snappy would produce decent details. Probably tomorrow.
-Blake
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| (...) It sounds liek a very nice way of doing things. Does it require three motors tho? One forward reverse, one left right, and one for lowering/raising the 5th wheel? I could think of a way to do it with one motor for left/right _and_ (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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