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Motorized Lego Steering
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:33:28 GMT
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Is there a way to stop the motor from exerting force on the gear rack once
the steering has reached its furthest point? i.e. How do you stop the
steering mechanism from going to far?
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: Motorized Lego Steering
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| (...) Their are two methods I can think of. The first is the one I used on my Rotinoff. Simply use the large pulley wheels for your transmisson. Use elastic bands in the gear down mechanism and when the steering reaches the stop the small pulley (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Motorized Lego Steering
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| Two ways I can think of: 1) use one of the white clutch gears 2) us a mindstorms rotation sensor to count the number of turns Tom (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Motorized Lego Steering
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| The simplest way is to merely use a clutch gear. (URL) The motor will continue to spin, but will quit pushing on the rack, effectively keeping your assembly in one piece. -Nathan (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
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