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Re: Motorizing the 8865 test car
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 11 Feb 2004 04:25:07 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Stephane Simard wrote:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=71936
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> It works, but it's very slow, and the cracking/clicking noise that it made when
> trying to make the car move on something else than hard floor will haunt me for
> the rest of my days. =P
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> The motor still works fine though, and I could not detect any broken Lego... so
> far.
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> Oh, and only the first speed is enabled, obviously.
This reminds me of my effort to add radio control to my 8466...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=50246
Same deal. It works, but is heavy, slow to start, and has an almost unresponsive
steering. It also happens that backing up is faster than going forward. Strange.
As I have just finished Halo the PC game, I might reassemble the 8466 and slap a
machine gun on its back. It looks so much like a 4x4 in the game.
Cheers
Keith
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 | | Re: Motorizing the 8865 test car
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| (...) Very clever way of attaching the motors to the back wheels. I remember a discussion thread last year (about motorizing the 8880) where it was discussed that the problem is not the strength of the Lego motors, but the actual resistance of the (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Motorizing the 8865 test car
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| Hello Keith "Keith Hui" <buurin@accessv.com.SPAMBEGONE> schreef in bericht news:HswK9v.KGy@lugnet.com... (...) made when (...) me for (...) Lego... so (...) unresponsive (...) Strange. That is easy! The gearing is different! Check which gears are (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| After moderation: (URL) moderation: (URL) works, but it's very slow, and the cracking/clicking noise that it made when trying to make the car move on something else than hard floor will haunt me for the rest of my days. =P The motor still works fine (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic)
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