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Re: Suggestions wanted - auto-centring motor drive
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Date: 
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:13:40 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Philippe Hurbain wrote:
The idea is that, for steering a car, you provide motor power in either
direction and the car steers.  If you overrun the motor, the mechanism can start
to slip so it maintains the steering lock.  When you stop the motor, instead of
staying in place, the steering re-centres itself mechanically.

See http://mocpages.com/moc.php/10873 for such a solution. But it works well
only with low friction mini-motors.

Philo

I wasn't aware of that part - it certainly looks useful for centring steering.
I'll add it to my wanted list for next time I visit Bricklink, thanks.

However, what I was looking for wasn't improvements in the restoring spring.  It
was a way of letting the position of a lever slip back slowly, without needing
to force the motor which moved it to turn backwards.

Jason R



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  Re: Suggestions wanted - auto-centring motor drive
 
(...) See (URL) for such a solution. But it works well only with low friction mini-motors. Philo (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.technic)

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