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Re: I think it's time for a motor grader! Future 8455?
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Date: 
Thu, 15 Feb 2001 03:31:59 GMT
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Patrick Gardella <patrick@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Jennifer Clark wrote:
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> This is something I'm just now getting into.  There are quite a few
> things I found.

<URLs snipped>

Here's another switch design:

http://homepage.mac.com/reid_hoff/Kevin/LEGO/Motorized%20Pneumatic%20Swi
tch/index.html


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  Re: I think it's time for a motor grader! Future 8455?
 
(...) 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) (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)

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