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Re: Suggestions wanted - auto-centring motor drive
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lugnet.technic
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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.
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> See http://mocpages.com/moc.php/10873 for such a solution. But it works well
> only with low friction mini-motors.
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> 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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