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"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> schreef in bericht news:GxuDD5.KxH@lugnet.com... (...) one (...) MOC. (...) Looks AWESOME! About powering the beast... I've been looking into powering my 5571, which is also quite heavy. My solution was (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) When I say 1/2 pin, I mean the dk grey one. (22 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Basicly, the secret to having wheels that have both drive axles and steering is to have the point where the steering piviots (on a model with regular "steering-link" steering like the 8880, 8448, 8466 or whatever this will be the towball that (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Jonathan Wilson" <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote (...) Interesting! Any chance of some detail on how you achieved this? Jennifer (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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"Rebecca Taylor" <arellcat@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gxuq6x.Ft@lugnet.com... (...) oh, (...) running (...) Likewise, back in 1982 or so I couldn't afford batteries all the time so I used to drive the 4.5V motor from a 9V AC/DC (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) actually (...) I tried it "raw" without any controllers onto the excavator handset compressor/controller and it was *seriously* better than the 8.4V PP3 I had been using before. Of course with the PP3 there will be current issues, but even so (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) How about crazy adults with a thirst for more power? I used to run my old 4.5v motors with a 12v power source. They still work fine today ;-) -TJ (frequent sufferer of Tim "the Toolman" Taylor syndrome <insert manly grunting noise>) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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There are two issues here. 1. Can the motors sustain more than 9 volts without damage? If I was TLC designing motors for use by kids, I'd make sure there was a large safety margin. New batteries are typically 0.1 - 0.2 volts above their nominal 1.5 (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi all, (...) This reminds me of a series of vehicles that my friend Robin and I made, oh, 15 or so years ago now. We were building remote-controlled cars, using a bunch of batteries taped together for power, and a car speedometer cable to steer (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Yes, nice job. Well done! (...) If you're going for a real power puller, then a ratio of 24:1 sounds good. But beware! You'll be getting into gear-breaking torques. Be sure to use the new style 24t gears, if you should need 24t gears. I agree with (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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