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(...) minifigs (...) I'd (...) about a (...) Well, the tube that you used on the BobCat has the same diameter, so....:) regards. John (25 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I have heard this rumour, and I think it will be true Any ideas? An Badly for the Boss to fight? Michael - - - Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Home of the UK Lego (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I got Extreme Creatures about a month ago when it was last on special at S@H for $25. I guess for the Fibre Optic unit and the collection of parts, it's not a bad price. As far as I can tell, it's the only way you can get the FOS main unit from (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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I read a rumor recently that makes me wonder. THe RoboRider Extra disk packs include an 8th wheel type, the neon read one. Does anyone have anny information as to what this is, When it is to be released of an other information on the "Boss" Super (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) You can use any brush-type DC motor as a generator. (...) Well, *almost* exactly: there's got to be at least some loss in the system. But the fact that you can't spot the error speaks well of Technic motors. (...) It takes very strong magnets, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Is Extreme Creatures Good? (WAS: Re: US S@H Specials, Sep 20 - Sep 26, 2000)
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(...) i'll (...) Not in my opinion, just a random collection of additional parts. There is an inventory at: (URL) I didn't buy the set, so maybe owners of the set would have a contrary opinion. Kerry (25 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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These motors, used in Mindstorms, have 3 programmed states: On, Off and Float. When 'On' the motor runs at the set power level. When 'Floated' the motor coasts to a stop (power removed). When 'Off' the motor brakes to a stop. This braking is quite (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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FYI - I found the following helpful site for Lego motor torque and rotation comparison: (URL) is Denis Cousineau's Technic Analysis (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I've never tried that - it sounds like a good idea, although for some reason I'd feel more guilty about "modifying" the minifig fireman's axe than I would about a 3-axle with stud :-) (...) There are some great uses for these - they can be (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Planetary gears are still being used as maintainance-free transmission systems for bycicles, build inside the back nave. They work very well, I own a bike that has 7 gears crammed inside a ±10 cm diameter hub. Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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That alternative implementation gives me an idea. What about putting gear wheels around on arms sticking out at various angles and held together by structural Technic parts, and having various combinations meshing with each other? The only problem (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Ah. Hm, I wonder if it could be used for a lego transmission. I cleaned up my first planetary gear, and I came up with a second implementation. It is bigger, and it is not obviously a planetary system, but I think it is topologically equivalent. It (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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You can actually get very similar behaviour using a standard differential. If you hold one "output" shaft, and turn the other, the crown wheel turns at half the input speed. The advantage of planetary gears is the output shaft is in line with the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Brad Hamilton <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message news:G1vvuq.9no@lugnet.com... (...) Even (...) the (...) can (...) Basically motors & generators are pretty much interchangeable. You'll find that if you gear the "generator" up to a higher speed (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I saw some sort of diagram some place (I think in some sort of Dacta documentation) stating that you could use a technic motor as a generator. This makes sense, but I never tried it until today and I am utterly amazed at how well it works! I'm using (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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By locking the outer ring, in acts as a 2:1 or 1:2 gear (depending on which shaft you use as input and which as output. If you lock the planets, it turns into a 1:1. If you let everything loose, it is a neutral gear. If you lock the output shaftand (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Part of that info is at: (URL) to whoever originally posted the link. I forget whether it was here or on r.t.l) Ran (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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That is certainly compact. Do you have any ideas how it might be used in an actual model? I suppose locking either the top half or the bottom half, or both, would change the way the output shaft differs from the input shaft? Although what I would (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) one (...) lego (...) Right on!!! :) I like nothing better than sawing away at my Lego, and gluing them together for the greater purpose, I just make sure that the parts aren't vital for something else:) Did you try taking a piece of "handle" (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Joakim Olsson <jocke@arjay.nu> wrote in message news:G1utAG.8pv@lugnet.com... (...) something (...) There were also some really old 4.5V ones (early 70's?) that looked similar to the 9V train motor. These ones had internal gearing, and had a fair (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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