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motors for the handy board
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Date:
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Mon, 4 Nov 1996 14:22:31 GMT
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Original-From:
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Scott Sherman <SHERMAN@PLAINS.NODAK.EDUihatespam>
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Handy Board Users:
I took the LEGO Super Car (#8880) and scrapped everything but the four
wheel drive with the differentials, the front and rear wheel steering,
and the suspension. Then I shortened the frame sllightly so that the
distance between the axles of the wheels from front to back is not much
further than the width of the overall vehicle.
Then I tried to separate the front and back wheels from the same drive shaft
and gear each of them down as much as possible so that a LEGO 9 volt motor
could drive each one. As you might guess, there is not enough torque to
drive the wheels - even when the axle is geared down 4 times over using
LEGO 8 tooth and 24 tooth gears and the vehicle is held off the ground.
And even if it did drive the wheels they probably wouldn't go that fast.
I want to get a different type of motor that would be able to drive the
vehicle but am not sure what I should get or where I could get it at.
If any one can tell me what I should get that would work with the Handy
Board and where I could get it I would appreciate it greatly.
Thanks,
Scott
sherman@plains.nodak.edu
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 | | Re: motors for the handy board
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| (...) This is exactly what I wanted to do! Had I only the cash... (...) Are you driving each wheel with a separate motor or driving the front wheels with one 9v motor and the rear with another? (...) I have been fooling around with them since I was (...) (28 years ago, 4-Nov-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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