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RE: 360 deg. swiveling electrical connection
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 3 Feb 1999 15:24:47 GMT
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Rich Thompson <rich_thompson@cmcsmart.com+spamcake+>
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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 weights moving fast enough to destroy most Lego
constructs (walls, etc.) and they seriously damage technic creations
too...so far nothing has broken (luckily) but don't stand in front of this
dangerous cannon. I will eventually post pictures of this after I finish
create a complete working version.
Rich
http://rich.cmcsmart.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Miller [mailto:danielmi@ecn.purdue.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 8:57 AM
To: Lego Robotics
Subject: RE: 360 deg. swiveling electrical connection
{snip}
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
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| (...) Here's a tip... if you can find the old Blaster, rather than the Chopper, it's a much sturdier projecti... er, I mean, car. The Chopper has some serious weak links in the frame. If you must use the Chopper, I suspect the alternate model is (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: 360 deg. swiveling electrical connection
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| (...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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