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Re: Jumping 'bots?
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 1 Dec 1999 18:12:07 GMT
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alex wetmore <alex@phred&stopspammers&.org>
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From: "The WordMeister" <dwilcox@wordsmithdigital.com>
> If the task is to create a gyro, and not necessarily a heavy flywheel, any
> of the large diameter wheels should work. Actually, if you have one, the • old
> Expert Builder (http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=952-1) giant
> wheels are quite heavy, and exhibit very definite gyroscopic/flywheel
> properties when spun at high speeds.
Be careful with those giant wheels. My brother and I broke 2 or 3 of them
as children in playing with spinning them at high speed with a motor. The
hub part of them isn't very strong, and the part where the axle connects
tends to break easily.
The newer tires are hollow, and could always be filled with something to
weigh them down. The hubs are probably stronger as well.
alex
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| I've always thought that the ideal pure-Lego flywheel would use 4 of the metal counterweight pieces that are sometimes used for the gates in train crossing sets (and one also came in set 8094 Control Center too). You could use 4 of them in an 'x' (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| If the task is to create a gyro, and not necessarily a heavy flywheel, any of the large diameter wheels should work. Actually, if you have one, the old Expert Builder ((URL) giant wheels are quite heavy, and exhibit very definite gyroscopic/flywheel (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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