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Re: Roborider disks used as throwbot disks
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Date: 
Sun, 9 Jul 2000 19:35:10 GMT
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Paul Gyugyi wrote:
...
> Clinical trials indicate the wheels work better than
> normal disks. The added mass makes them fly straighter
> and knock over targets better. Plus, the peg holes
> give an easy way to store them.
...

Hmm, makes me think of an interesting challenge to make a mechanism that
automatically loads and launches the disks.  The peg holes could be used
to store multiple disks in a magazine, and a mindstorms kit could be
used to make an autonomous mini-fig killing robot...
--
Cheers,
Henry C.
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  Roborider disks used as throwbot disks
 
One of the things I noticed was that a few quick cuts with a hobby knife allow the roborider wheels to be used in a throwbot arm. On the non-picture side, there are three pairs of support ribs. The spacing between is the same width as a throwbot (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)

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