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Re: motor/generator observations/thoughts
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Mon, 1 Feb 1999 11:12:31 GMT
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Janet and Carl McIver wrote
> 
>     I put together a two wheeled bot today and was showing my son about how
> one motor could be used as a generator to drive the other motor. Leaving
> them wired so that one drove the other the same direction, I twisted my bot
> around on the table, and was surprised how hard it was to turn,

Were you using those thick wheels that come with the Mindstorks kit at
the front - they limit the steering quite a lot, as I found to my dismay
when I tried the 'turnbot' ;) Also - if the RCX was on then the brakes
would have been on also?

Richard


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I put together a two wheeled bot today and was showing my son about how one motor could be used as a generator to drive the other motor. Leaving them wired so that one drove the other the same direction, I twisted my bot around on the table, and (...) (28 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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