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Re: motorized tank questions
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 6 Jul 2006 13:57:16 GMT
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On Thu, July 6, 2006 9:42 am, Magnus Lauglo wrote:
> Usually the problem is that the treads don't find purchase as much as I'd like,
> but I was up til 2am last night experimenting, and think I have figured out that
> by adding weight to the front of the chassis and suspension on the road wheels I
> am improving this a lot.
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> The problem with adding 1 by 4 plates to the tracks, as suggested by Steve H.,
> (even if I coud get them to stick on) is that that would increase the width of
> the tank and I'm trying to keep this as close to minifig scale as I can. At this
> point the whole thing is about 14 wide with two motors side by side, and I don't
> want to go much wider than that.
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> Another AFOL had suggested to me that I use one motor in the front and another
> in the back (so as to distribute weight more evenly), has anyone else tried
> that?
This approach will work well with tank treads. It wouldn't work well with normal
wheels, because you'd have one wheel in front, and the other in back.
If appearance is really important, you may notice a difference in how the treads
look, given that the tread attached to the front motor will be tight across the top,
while the other will be tight across the bottom.
The really important thing (for you) is that it will allow you to make the tank four
studs narrower.
How are you planning on driving the motors? Wires to an external battery box? An
internal battery box? RCX? NXT?
Steve
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| Steve, Thanks for all the help. (...) I haven't figured out how to motorize the turret yet, if that will need an 8 wide space in the hull, then I wouldn't be able to take advantage of the fore-an-aft-motor-hu...-narrowing setup anyway, so I'll have (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic)
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| Hi, Thanks to everyone for advice and suggestions. (...) Usually the problem is that the treads don't find purchase as much as I'd like, but I was up til 2am last night experimenting, and think I have figured out that by adding weight to the front (...) (18 years ago, 6-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.technic)
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