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Re: 4WD + central steering
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 7 Jan 2002 07:31:47 GMT
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"Robin Malton" <robmal@btinternet.com> writes:
> [...] pneumatic cylinders (for steering control) [...]
BTW, I think that it is probably fun to build a vehicle with
pneumatically operated steering, and it looks cool. But for the
precise control required by a steering system, I don't think the
pneumatic cylinders are adequat. They are great for lifting large
loads "bluntly", but not for precise control.
Fredrik
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 | | Re: 4WD + central steering
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| (...) Yeah, the main problem is the switches - if TLC would make a nice sliding pnuematic switch (similar to steam engine valve), pnuematic steering (and lots of other neat stuff) would become much easier. ROSCO (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | 4WD + central steering
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| Having built a nice independant suspension 'half chassis' with Znap flexi drive shafts and a diff unit for a mindstorms platform, the thorny issue of steering has become pressing! What I want to do it to use an identical unit at the other end with a (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.technic)
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