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The others have mentioned the white gear is a clutch gear. I thought I'd throw out a practical use to put it into perspective: it's ideal for a motorized gripper, where you'd want the grip to have some resistance as it closes, but not so much torque (...) (26 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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(...) The white gears are a slip gear. To explain it put one on a motor and make it spin. Now grab on to it and it will stop and turn inside. You will notice that there is still a little tension on the gear. It's great for low torque projects where (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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If a gear or wheel gets bound, the clutch in the clutch gear slips and protects the motor form burning out. Dennis (...) -- Dennis Williamson - Certified Y2K Complacent Bad News: The next millenium starts on a Monday. Good News: You get the day off. (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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I have two questions about my new scout: 1) What are the white gears used for? 2) Can anyone point me to sites that feature models, etc for this set? Thanks, Will Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services www.crosswinds.net/~hokie (26 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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Can I make program for the Scout using spirit.ocx? If yes, why it's not included in the SDK package? Thanks Ricardo (26 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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(...) Why go though all that trouble if it's useless? I find that hard to believe... (...) Yes, I've made a resistor pad myself for the RCX. (URL) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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(...) The color coded sensors are used in CyberMaster. Code Pilot uses the normal sensor. (...) Yes, it is a resister, connected in parallel with the switch, so you can read the resistance value when the switch is not pressed. See (URL) for more (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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Forgive me if I've missed this here before, I've recently acquired a Scout system and have been reading the SDK PDF and found the following: "The Scout has two external input ports to which touch sensors can be attached. The special colour-coded ID (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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(...) Believe it or not, the LEGO Mindstorms web site has a lot of great info about both the Scout and the RCX. Go to the Mindstorms site at (URL) and follow the links to the Scout SDK. The SDK includes an Adobe Acrobat .PDF file that gives a (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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Does someone have any info about the Scout hardware? Thanxs Ricardo (26 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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