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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 (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)

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