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Re: RC Tank
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lugnet.technic
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Sat, 31 Mar 2001 17:20:49 GMT
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dstaudt@#spamcake#hotmail.com
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what servo's? you talking about micro motors?
blessing wrote:
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> Tobbe Arnesson <tnt@arnesson.nu> wrote in message
> news:3aba3974.3704156@lugnet.com...
> > > Hi,
> > > How did you mount the servos for working the switcher in that tank??
> > > I'm curently working on a RC lego technic project and need any ideas I • can
> > > get.
> >
> > Sorry for not beeing OnLine as much as I used too, but look at the
> > following pages:
> well,I already figured it out. (sort of)
>
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2751
> Hey I like it! I'll try some of that in the next RC project I do.
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1388
>
> This realy helps, its giving me a lot of ideas.
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> > Build a "box" that has inner measures of 3x5 studs. Use beams for the
> > long side and these 1x5 plates with holes in each end and a cross axle
> > hole in the middle for best streangth. Be sure to make room for the
> > cord to the servo.
> >
> > The plate:
> > h s x s h
> > where: h = hole, s = stud and x = cross axle hole
> >
> >
> > Narrow down the side that is 3 studs by inserting those small gray
> > pins to the inner sides of the 5 studs long side. Now you should be
> > able to push down the servo into this spot. At least it works fine
> > with my old sanwa servos.
> >
> > Adjust as you see needed. If your servo is narrower, use dark gray
> > short pegs on both or just one side. If it's thicker, use light gray
> > short pegs on one side only etc.
> >
> > I then use rubberbands to hold em in place.
>
> I'll try to use that when I get back to it,(got side-tracked)
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> > That's how the servo it self is mounted. Now to the brilliant part
> > (LEGO purists beware):
> >
> > Take a medium pulley wheel, the one with six holes in it, and glue it
> > flat to the servos "linkage pad wheel", centered of course.
>
> For my steering:
> I took the link wheel off of the servo and put a gear on in its place,
> I used this gear http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=3648
> with a screw threw the center conecting the way the control wheel did.
> this gear runs the steering mechinism.
> For the drive motor I just mounted theservo to the top of a batery box so
> that a cross bar on the servo pushes the buttons.
>
> <snip>.
> >
> > The polarity switches are lined up using more rubber bands and some
> > technis beams, as can be seen here:
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=18867
>
> <snip>
>
> > Good luck and don't hesitate to ask questions. I'll try to be OnLine
> > more often, promise!
> >
> > /Tobbe, Sweden
> Thank You!!
> I'll probably be working on this next week.
> I'll posting some links to pics in the next couple weeks too..
>
> Gary Blessing
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Daniel Staudt <dstaudt@hotmail.com>
Lugnet NUT #872
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| (...) Nope, none LEGO bricks actually. Ordinary Sanwa servos that is used in Remote controlled model airplanes and such. /Tobbe (26 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| Tobbe Arnesson <tnt@arnesson.nu> wrote in message news:3aba3974.370415...net.com... (...) can (...) well,I already figured it out. (sort of) (...) This realy helps, its giving me a lot of ideas. (...) I'll try to use that when I get back to it,(got (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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