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(...) Toys R Us nor John Lewis had anything last week. Becky (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks, I'm really happy with it. (...) Actually, its path curves slightly to the left. The body's center of gravity needed to be kept near the leg driver attachment points to minimize its momentum of rotation both forward and to the sides. As (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yes, the switches would need to remember their last set state. Ideally, this would be done through the use of electric pneumatic switches which, when not receiving any power, simply stay in the last position they were set in. If this isn't (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) IMHO, it would be much simpler and precise to measure directly pulse width instead of voltage, that could be done easily with a small microcontroller... Philo www.philohome.com (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi Paul, I use a electronic schematic style when drawing out my pneumatic circuit designs these days. The combination of a piston that is linke to a pneumatic switch is simply a box, with X and C on the left edge, representing the eXpand and (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) When using LEGO's firmware and NQC the maximum number of power levels you have is 8 (plus off?), so the most you can identiy is 9. This of course presumes that current draw by your compressor's motors doesn't mess with the voltage going into (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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After building the first one, I couldn't resist making one using the Bohrok frame, since I already knew it was possible. I borrowed the basic concept from Paul Coombs' Gremlin, but the construction is completely original, though it borrows a bit (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Now if it could only turn corners.... BTW, those Brickshelf URLs (with ?i=xxx) are not available until after moderation either - you need to link one level deeper, like you did with the MPG URL. Regards ROSCO (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Heh... you haven't seen the size of my rubber bands. (evil grin) For the speed I can get on small LEGO vehicles, let's just say that it's not entirely safe for me to launch them indoors. I can pretty much guarantee that a simple and light (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I was thinking that one could just use an ADC to directly convert the analog voltage level to a digital number of however many bits you could resolve it to and then taking that binary number to address a demux and have the demux's outputs (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I dunno - I reckon the RC motors from 8475 would do pretty well against rubber bands ;) ROSCO (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) What sort of rules did you have in mind? BTW, if all you're concerned about is speed, by far the fastest racers would be ones that would be powered by elastic bands, and not electric motors at all. Motors and battery packs just add too much (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Would anyone be interested in a LEGO drag racing competition? I don't have anything firm on paper right now, but I do have ideas. I think that it would be limited to four motors, but it would not be a robotics drag race, just an all out race to the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Wow, that'll be great! (...) Keep at it. (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MOC - Small Pneumatic Biped Walker
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(...) Thanks Paul! You are always so kind. The pneumatic control circuit is similar to one found in a two double acting cylinder engine, except slightly different. It makes the walking pace more even from side to side. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) What can I say? Yet another amazing creation. You have a pneumatic control circuit in there somewhere, I think. I know what you mean about the small pneumatic cylinders needing such high pressure to move a switch. The engine I built following (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I don't mean to be rude but have you checked out this topic: (URL) M. (21 years ago, 15-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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The other day I was given a challenge to make a small biped using small pneumatic pistons. Normally I don't use small pistons in combinations with switches, because the pressure must be increadibly high for a small piston to flip a pneumatic switch (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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I've had this wind-up mechanical spider for so long that I no longer remembered what it was called. I've always been fascinated with how it moved and wanted to recreate it with LEGO. It's been a fun project, and many challenges were overcome in (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc)
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I just went to the Lego S@H website and there are a number of new Technic sets there. In particular, the ten-piston 8455 Backhoe set is finally out and at $100 for all those pneumatics it is quite a deal too. I'm going to order some of this stuff (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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