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5223 Wind Up Motor notes
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 9 Mar 2001 22:13:04 GMT
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I just got my new 5223 Wind Up Motor
It is very interesting and complicated. It has some set of internal
clutches. It is normally in a neutral gear, free-wheeling mode. If you have
it rightside up and tap it, a winding clutch engages. It takes about 12
turns to wind it up to full, at which point an overwind clutch lets go and
further winding just results in clicking. Then, when you let it go, it
switches to an overdrive, and it unwinds for about 80 turns in a much taller
gearing then when it was wound. At the end of the unwinding, it switches
back to neutral and it can spin freely. It must have interesting innards,
but I only have one so I don't want to hurt it. It could be a cool power
supply for a Lego clock.
-Amnon
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: 5223 Wind Up Motor notes
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| (...) I just got one, too, and had the very same thought. I've been working on my clock for a few days now. I'm want to use a balance wheel instead of a pendulum. I have a balance spring configured using a Lego rubber band and am using one of the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: 5223 Wind Up Motor notes
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| (...) I just purchased a bunch of these motors thinking they would make suitable spec-motors for a student-designed car race. I was thinking of doing something similar to what PITSCO does with their CO2 dragsters... Unfortunately, there was quite a (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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