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Re: How good is 8485 Technic Control Center?
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 24 Feb 2000 04:03:40 GMT
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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 polarity switches added, that a control center could
be emulated for less cost. I am not a rocket scientist, so I can not verify
what I have noted is absolutely true. but it works for me! here is a
(lame) picture which includes not only 2 polarity switches, but a crank
operated fiber optic unit as well.
http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmatthew/john/lego/misc/speed_controller.jpg
Build On!
John Matthews
Gus Altobello Jr <altobello@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:r399bsk3kp0i1qrvp0c1i14b7nds1pq3h9@4ax.com...
> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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"...)
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> Thanks,
> -gus
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| (...) Can the train speed controller be used to control regular 9v motors? That could be useful, especially since it has a wall transformer. I'd be interested to hear a bit about the function of the speed controller. I don't know anything about the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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