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Re: 8475 and 8366 RC buggies Receiver unit
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 8 Feb 2008 15:40:54 GMT
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> I dismantled the one from my 8475 because I was sick of the steering slightly
> over-running when it centred up again.
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> It uses a quarter-gear a bit like the end of this bionicle piece:
> http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=41667
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> And it makes electrical contact with a series of arcs etched on a circuit board
> in a sort of binary pattern. From the range of arc sections it makes contact
> with, the controller knows roughly what angle it's at. It then uses a small
> motor to drive it to the left or right, until it detects it's in the right
> position. But it's a bit of a slack mechanism, and the motor is prone to
> over-running, so it's not very good at centering itself properly.
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> Jason R
Did you by chance happen to take any pics?
Yes, I have heard many complaints about over-running steering, so I consider
myself lucky, both of mine center perfectly.
The sets came with a steering extension (with the rack and pinion inside) that
has a small level that is supposed to help correcting that, did it help?
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