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Re: Micromotor slippage
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Date: 
Mon, 2 Apr 2001 08:23:30 GMT
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olivier wrote:

My current model is adding a countersteered rear axle, and this seems to be
too much for the micromotor, no matter what.

I had a setup like this on my mobile crane which worked pretty well - it would
steer when the vehicle was stationary, but was fairly slow, although not slow
enough to attract adverse comments from non-lego "operators". You can see some
details about it here:

   http://www.telepresence.strath.ac.uk/jen/lego/crane.htm

My most recent truck uses a gear motor for the steering, which is far more
effective both in power and response time.

Jennifer Clark



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  Re: Micromotor slippage
 
"Jennifer Clark" <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:3AC83702.733515...h.ac.uk... <snip> (...) </snip> Still waiting for pictures of the real thing Jennifer.... when will it be on your site? Duq (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)

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Hello all, So, how much load has anyone successfully placed on a micromotor? I used a micromotor to steer 2 tandem axles in one of my model of a sideloading container truck (see olivierg.50megs.com/...eering.htm for details). When the truck was (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)

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