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Re: baffled by a part in RIS 1.5
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:48:55 GMT
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"DAVE MEE" <davemee@genie.co.uk> writes:
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> It's a thick white gear, 1 stud wide by three studs in diameter. One one
> side, "LEGO" is inevitably stamped around it, and on the other, the cryptic
> text "2.5 - 5.0 Ncm", twice. It has a grey bit and a hole in the middle
> suitable for a rod (you know, those extruded plus signs whose length you can
> never discern until you discover you've used the wrong one at the start of
> your model, and everything has to come apart to finish it.). This middle
> section rotates separately.
Actually it rotates separately only above a certain torque
(if you don't know what torque is, think force),
that's the 2.5 - 5.0 Ncm mentioned on the inscription.
You can use it to prevent damage to your model when
your gear train is stalled.
The gear motor is quite powerful, it is reportedly able
to easily strip an 8 teeth gear.
Personally, I prefer pulleys and rubber bands for that purpose.
Jürgen
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Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr>
http://www.loria.fr/~stuber/
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| Hello! There is a part in my RIS set which i have never used. Nor can I think of what it could be used for, or describe it without using words like "weird" and "what the". It's a thick white gear, 1 stud wide by three studs in diameter. One one (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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