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    Re: Any ideas on how to do this with Technic? —David Paule
   (...) That strange, thick, white gear in the RIS slips with drag that appears proportional to the rotation rate, so it's a dampener, which is what you want. Dave Paule (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.adventurers)
   
        Re: Any ideas on how to do this with Technic? —Fredrik Glöckner
     (...) I may very well be wrong, but I don't think this will give the desired effect. The friction inside the gear is quite high when there is no motion, which may be a problem when the mechanism is triggered. And what's more, I don't think it will (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.adventurers)
    
         RE: Any ideas on how to do this with Technic? —Ralph Hempel
     If you want to vary the rate at which an object of constant weight moves, why not use a mechanism like an old postal scale. No, not the kind that shoots you when you look at it sideways... It involves a pendulum mounted so that when the object is at (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.adventurers)
    
         Re: Any ideas on how to do this with Technic? —Paul Davidson
     That's a good solution as well. It might be harder to make the descent *really* slow, though, as is possible with a clock-style pendulum. -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.adventurers)
   
        Re: Any ideas on how to do this with Technic? —Mike McFarlane
   Hi (...) One of us is going daft and I suspect me. Which strange, thick white gear in the RIS??? Or is this in the 1.5 version?? Mike (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.adventurers)
   
        Re: Any ideas on how to do this with Technic? —David Paule
   (...) want. (...) No daftness at all - a good guess. I didn't know it wasn't in version 1.0. It's in the 1.5 version. I haven't found a use for it yet, although it is on p. 59 of the 1.5 Constructopedia and on their parts page inside the back cover. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.adventurers)
   
        Re: Any ideas on how to do this with Technic? —Patrick C. Emerson
   (...) Actually...I think that is supposed to be a clutch. It also comes in the new 9V motor set 8735. Pat (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.adventurers)
   
        Re: Any ideas on how to do this with Technic? —Fredrik Glöckner
   (...) I don't think clutch is the correct term. The white 24t gear cog is normally used to protect the motor from stress. If you use the white gear in a gear train, it will slip if the load becomes too high, which is better than having the motor (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.adventurers)
   
        Re: Any ideas on how to do this with Technic? —Kevin Maynes
   (...) I don't know what the big 'L' calls it, but I think it's a Slipper Clutch. They're used all over the place in r/c race cars, to protect the drivetrain, both the motor and the gears/belts, from the abuse of a heavy throttle finger and/or rough (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.adventurers)
 

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