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| Hmmm, Lego gearboxes. I've just spent two weeks playing with different styles off gearbox. I haven't found a good powered solution yet. The problem being that the standard gears just don't mesh nicely enough. Making a gearbox is simple enough and (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Lego's Super Car (8880) comes with a 4-speed gearbox that uses loosely set cogs to engage an axle to an idler gear (I don't know how else to describe it), which means that one can change gears easily at high rpm and not worry about (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I haven't got the Super Car 8880 (It came and went in my dark ages, anyone got one for sale in the UK). I think I understand how it works, how small do you think you could make that with RIS parts? I'm looking forward to seeing the new super car's (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I don't think that it would take up a lot of space at all. In fact, the largest part should be the motor that is used to engage/disengage the gear. Using a tractor hub, two 16-T gears, and two axles (with other parts to hold this all together, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Check out my "adaptive transmission" LDRAW CAD drawings posted awhile ago on the cad.dat newsgroup. This design largely solves the "go straight" problem. It uses two independent left/right drive trains, interconnected through a single differential (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Could you specify a place where these CAD drawings could be obtained for those who don't frequent newsgroups? Mark Young YoungMM@Hera.WKU.edu -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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