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    8880 Super Car motorization ideas? —Gaurav Thakur
   I was tinkering around with my 8880 yesterday, trying to find a way to motorize it effectively. I wasn't able to find anything that works really well here; the only way I was able to do it at all was to further gear down a gear-reduction motor, and (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: 8880 Super Car motorization ideas? —Constantine Hannaher
   This subject was thrashed fairly thoroughly a number of months ago, and I remember that the conclusion is no, not if the engine and transmission is left assembled as instructed. Now that the news search function is reestablished, you have a chance (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: 8880 Super Car motorization ideas? —Gaurav Thakur
   (...) Thanks for the information. It seemed that many of the old topics said that the drive train is too complex and therefore creates a lot of friction and that the transmission system is somewhat reversed, which further increases the dificulty of (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: 8880 Super Car motorization ideas? —Ross Crawford
      "Gaurav Thakur" <cp5670@supermail.com> wrote in message news:G6xB1n.Ln5@lugnet.com... (...) left (...) reestablished, (...) empty (...) this (...) the (...) what you (...) motor (...) transmission, so (...) that (...) was (...) I think one big (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: 8880 Super Car motorization ideas? —Constantine Hannaher
     You have your finger on it, Ross! It is the weight of the hubs and tires, I have decided, which exacerbates any friction at the steering arm between itself and the knuckle ball and the locking hub. I have been building an 8880 chassis from spare (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: 8880 Super Car motorization ideas? —Constantine Hannaher
   (...) left (...) you (...) motor (...) This deserves a more complete response. So I have returned home, attached a battery box, and started pressing buttons and shifting gears. Let me say that this "5-speed 8880" is built entirely from spare parts (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
 

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