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Re: I think it's time for a motor grader! Future 8455?
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:43:05 GMT
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Geoffrey Hyde wrote:
> One thing I would wish for is to see a pneumatic control add-on module for
> the Mindstorms system.
I'll second this! While I've yet to get the Mindstorms set, electrically
controlled pneumatic switches would open up so many possibilities. While it is
possible at the moment with various mechanisms, the motor overhead (and size)
makes it impractical for a lot of situations.
Jennifer Clark
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 | | Re: I think it's time for a motor grader! Future 8455?
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| It should be simple enough to do, too. Just a solenoid controlling a valve piece molded into a piece of plastic, and with a power attachment on top of it for the control pulses. It might require a bit of fiddling with on-neutral-off settings, maybe (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: I think it's time for a motor grader! Future 8455?
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| (...) This is something I'm just now getting into. There are quite a few things I found. Pneumatic switch and pump: (2 URLs) r/c servos with the RCX (Remote switch): (URL) limiting switch: (URL) acting compressor: (URL) pneumatics reference: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: I think it's time for a motor grader! Future 8455?
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| That Komatsu motor grader looks really cool, but it's not the coolest model around. There are Caterpillar and Case graders around, and some older models of graders still around have the ability to swing the blade to either side. This is done by (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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