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How good is 8485 Technic Control Center?
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 24 Feb 2000 03:31:05 GMT
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I've seen a few 8485 Technic Control Center for sale at various online
sites, it's the one that builds the helicopter or dinosaur and has
some sort of control panel.
From a standpoint of building Technic creations to interface with
Rokenbok, owning an RCX and Scout and looking for a CodePilot, is the
control panel a worthwhile investment?
I've never seen more than the picture on the box, so don't know what
it does or how useful it would be. (My suspicions are "not much" and
"not very"...)
Thanks,
-gus
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: How good is 8485 Technic Control Center?
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| I do not own a control panel, it seems very expensive. I do however have a train speed controller with 2 polarity switches attached; 1 for the train, 1 for my current project. This seems to work pretty well, and I would imagine with additional (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: How good is 8485 Technic Control Center?
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| Gus Altobello Jr wrote in message ... (...) It has three programmable time based motor outputs. On my remote controlled train level crossing I had the outputs controlling the barrier arms, flashing lights and bells (siren module). At my fair ground (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: How good is 8485 Technic Control Center?
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| The control panel has three outputs. One is off/on controled by separate push button switches. The other two are controled by a 2-axis pad which behaves like a joystick with North-South/East-West output. The controler has a 9VDC power input jack and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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