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RE: 360 deg. swiveling electrical connection
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 3 Feb 1999 14:57:15 GMT
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Daniel Miller <danielmi@ecn.purdue.NOSPAMedu>
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On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Tim McSweeney wrote:
> The other options is to use a wire but not allow the turret to turn more
> than 180degrees either side of center, if you are at 179 and wish to go
> to -179 you have to go all the way back around rather than just nipping
> across those 2degrees. It's slower but a lot easier to implement.
Give it enough wire and there's no reason you couldn't nip over those two
degrees. On the theory of the more range the better, you could let the
wire twist some, and get maybe +/-360 or more. Just have it re-center
after every attack and you should be OK.
Has anyone considered a Bungee Blaster launcher as a primary weapon
system? Given the size of the arena they could probably do rather well,
especially the first alternate model with the wide track in the front
could do some nasty damage. It would be even better with some more mass
to help keep the rears on the ground and increase the momentum.
Daniel "Dan'l" Miller Senior, School of Aeronautics and
danielmi@ecn.purdue.edu Astronautics, Purdue, Indiana
"Stadtluft macht frei." - German proverb
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | RE: 360 deg. swiveling electrical connection
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| I actually went and purchased a bungee chopper (8202) just to create a bungee launcher for the Lego counter-weight pieces. The 9v motors don't wind the bungee cord too well without some extreme gearing to increase torque but they really get the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: 360 deg. swiveling electrical connection
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| (...) Daniel Miller wrote: (...) Well, if you use one of the long leads and set up the mechanics right, your turret could probably spin 'round a dozen times with no ill effects. Suppose your rotating assembly is a turret that turns both left and (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: 360 deg. swiveling electrical connection
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| The other options is to use a wire but not allow the turret to turn more than 180degrees either side of center, if you are at 179 and wish to go to -179 you have to go all the way back around rather than just nipping across those 2degrees. It's (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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