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(...) they never seem to transmit enough power to move anything reliably. (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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I know what you mean. However, the model being described takes advantage of the slippage. If they didn't slip and stretch, the two wheels could not move at different speeds. Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) (URL) (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have used rubber bands in some of my models. I have found that the Lego belts (I call them V-belts) have very different properties from your average rubber band (and the Lego rubber bands found in for e.g. Mud Masher). Some things I have seen: The (...) (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hey, I had a worse idea once. Actually I'm still proud of it - I built an all-LEGO automatic transmission. Only *how* it worked was by using pairs of the little crown bushings (seemingly defunct as of this year?) as clutches, a pair at each (...) (26 years ago, 19-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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In article <3653850B.99A94081@acm.org>, stephen p spackman <stephen@acm.org> writes (...) Indeed. Lego themselves double up sometimes by adding extra pair of pulleys - that helps a lot. Is there a part no for rubber band spares - on their own. The (...) (26 years ago, 19-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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There are pictures of the rubber bands and belts here: (URL) :-) (...) (26 years ago, 19-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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