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Re: Steering and driving.
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:10:03 GMT
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This thread encouraged me to have another play at making a compact steer &
drive setup, something which I have tried many times over the years.
However, I had not had another attempt since taking on a load of 'modern
era' lego in the last year! I think that the best bet is not using the
universal joint, as this leads to the problem highlighted by Fredrick, ie
the distance between the wheel and the steering pivot point becomes much too
large. I came up with a method using a 24t crown gear and a 16t idler gear
that fits very neatly within an 8448 wheel. Compared with the standard 8448
steering pivot point, (which is almost perfectly aligned with the centre of
the tread of the tyre), my solution moves the pivot by only 1 stud. I'm not
sure how well it would work with the smaller wheels you mention, but it
might be worth a try. I'll get a rendering done this evening, and post it
on my website.
Neil
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/neil.everett/lego/legoindex.htm
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| (...) I wasn't too clear myself, so no worries. Take a normal LEGO steering setup, e.g. like on 8660. When turning the steering wheels, they turn around the pivot point, that is the centre of the pin which connects into the end holes of the 1x8 (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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