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Re: Revamped webpages
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 4 Jan 2001 22:30:17 GMT
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Jennifer Clark <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> You mention that the compressor for the bipedal walker was too weak to • power
> the model properly, but I've managed to build some pretty serious
> compressors, albeit with several motors. The one for the excavator was
> powered by two old style 9V motors, and is capable of producing a pretty
> good flow of air which is powerful enough to blow the hoses off the
> cylinders if you set the pressure cutoff point too high. I've actually • found
> that the old 9V motors are superior to the new 9V gear motors when it • comes
> to compressors... I suspect they are actually more powerful in general • cases
> too.
Really? I'd actually found the opposite - the old ones geared down to the
same speed seem to be less powerful than the geared ones. But I haven't
experimented with compressors yet, and it may be just that my old motors are
in bad shape, or my gearing had too much friction.
Regards,
ROSCO
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| (...) I really do like the miniature Supercar, and I know exactly what you mean when you say you can't figure out the workings since you built it a year ago... It was interesting to read the bit about printing out plans of a model to the right size (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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