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RE: moving in a straight line with two motors?
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 13 Nov 1998 19:00:52 GMT
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Eric Hodges <ERIC.HODGES@PLATINUMihatespam.COM>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Brandwine [SMTP:ericb@mitre.org]
Sent: Friday, November 13, 1998 8:39 AM
To: John Scott Kjellman
Cc: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
Subject: Re: moving in a straight line with two motors?
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> In order to regain the power of having 2 drive motors, you can run 2
> motors off one output port, and couple the shafts together. Of
> course, that brings the total motor count to 3, rather than 2, but it
> still only occupies 2 of the motor outputs.
I don't think it works that way. Will hooking 2 motors to the same power
source provide twice as much power? I think the limiting factor is the
current from the power source, not the number of motors. But I could be
wrong.
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| (...) eh> -----Original Message----- (...) eh> I don't think it works that way. Will hooking 2 motors to the same power eh> source provide twice as much power? I think the limiting factor is the eh> current from the power source, not the number of (...) (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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