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Re: A dream Mindstorms/Technic piece...
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Date: 
Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:17:30 GMT
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Jennifer Clark <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:3A87CF43.4C05B6CB@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk...
Geoffrey Hyde wrote:

Have you figured out if there is a
way to do it with a Technic 9V battery box, such as the one included in • the
Technic Space Shuttle?

I'm sure it is possible, as the switch on it is also spring loaded and has • a
"motor on but switch not locked in place" setting. You'll still have to do • some
lego modification by soldering at least one other cable directly to the • battery
terminals if you want to drive other motors though.

One possibility may be to use a Mindstorms touch sensor to switch it on/off.
This would remove the need for "modifications".

ROSCO



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  Re: A dream Mindstorms/Technic piece...
 
(...) I'm sure it is possible, as the switch on it is also spring loaded and has a "motor on but switch not locked in place" setting. You'll still have to do some lego modification by soldering at least one other cable directly to the battery (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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