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Re: A realy good set (7471)
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Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:14:22 GMT
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"Neb Okla" <n_okla@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> The wheels apparently also don't steer like in real life.
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> The photos I've seen of the Lego model turn like this:
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> Left-turn, overhead view.
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> In photos and video I've seen of the real rovers turning, they make a • circle
> with their wheels and perform a zero-radius turn:
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> Overhead view again.
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> This allows it to spin in place.
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> Of course, to go straight, the wheels are like this:
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> Anyone know if the set can be easily modified to turn more realistically?
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from what I've seen on the video:
http://www.maasdigital.com/mervideo-medium.html (click on the big image)
the wheels do both. giving directional steering like a car, and footprint
steering like a killough platform.
watching this I noticed that there is something around 4 motors per "leg",
wish I could replicate this.
was working with the differtimento but he's got some specific parts that I
don't have enough of, anyone think that I can use pulleys instead of the
clutch gears? I'm really interested in the idea of using a skid-steer
mechanism to turn the wheels. all you would have to do is add two more
wheels and you would get a similar platform to the mars rovers.
BTW, I think that differtimento got the shaft when it came to that
competition, it really was the best one.
mike
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