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Re: 4WD + central steering
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:17:22 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> "Robin Malton" <robmal@btinternet.com> writes:
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> > [...] pneumatic cylinders (for steering control) [...]
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> 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.
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
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| (...) Admittedly I'm not too experienced with penumatics. But I think it would be hard to achieve the precision needed for fine control with plastic/rubber switches. And the quality control needed to fine tune every switch so that they behave (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.technic)
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