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Re: Motorized steering
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lugnet.technic
Date: 
Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:59:19 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Ian Power wrote:
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Is there a decent way to motorize steering, and return the steering position
back to center when the motor is not pushing left or right?

Help!

Hi Ian,

This part won't entirely solve your "problem"

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=x928cx1

but it provides return back to center help to a spring and has been yet used
succesfully for a motorized steering (Sorry, I have not find the MOCPages page
featuring this example).

It's a shame such a cool part had been released only in unpopular hockey sets -
In consequence of this, a part of high interest remains pretty unknown.

Didier



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  Re: Motorized steering
 
(...) But the brickshelf gallery is still there: (URL) It's a shame such a cool part had been released only in unpopular hockey sets - (...) Indeed! But some people do find it: another good use of this part as a tread tensioner (URL) (18 years ago, 23-Mar-07, to lugnet.technic)

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  Motorized steering
 
OK - for all the mechanical gurus here... You've probably seen my RC manas truck on the sidebar here. The steering is controlled by one manas motor, geared down so it's really slow. This is done so that I can get the wheels back to center, because (...) (18 years ago, 23-Mar-07, to lugnet.technic)

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