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Re: Aviation Tractor MOC
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 17 Jun 2002 14:26:42 GMT
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"Rebecca Taylor" <arellcat@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> This reminds me of a series of vehicles that my friend Robin and I made, • oh,
> 15 or so years ago now.
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> Before I digress, this was of course with the round 4.5V motors, and I
> distinctly remember us saying "more power, more power". We ended up • running
> the cars on (probably) a combination of 1.2V and 1.5V cells, so the motors
> were operating at about 8V.
Likewise, back in 1982 or so I couldn't afford batteries all the time so I
used to drive the 4.5V motor from a 9V AC/DC convertor. It did eventually
die, but that was another experiment entirely.
OK, who's up for driving their models with a mini 12V sealed lead acid
battery? :-) The only problem I could see with these (over than the obvious)
is that at full charge I believe they are higher than 12V.
Jennifer
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 | | Re: Aviation Tractor MOC
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| (...) obvious) (...) I tried it :-) I ran an old 4.5 round motor out of a 12 lead acid battery, in a sort of tracked tank. With the battery that weights something like 2 Kg, I had to reduce _a lot_ in order to have it just move. I think to remeber (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Aviation Tractor MOC
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| Hi all, (...) This reminds me of a series of vehicles that my friend Robin and I made, oh, 15 or so years ago now. We were building remote-controlled cars, using a bunch of batteries taped together for power, and a car speedometer cable to steer (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.technic)
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