 | | Re: Heavily modified 8880 chassis, succesfully motorised and solar powered. —Rob Stehlik
| | | | (...) Well, I can't argue with that... But in your application, going from a motor with 30% efficiency to one with 54% efficiency will help a lot. You will also gain some efficiency by simplifying your gearing since the new motors are already geared (...) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Heavily modified 8880 chassis, succesfully motorised and solar powered. —Gillis Hommen
| | | | | (...) Connecting the motors in parallel means they'll get 16volts at about .25amps each. (if their combined electrical resistance is right, which it isn't, which makes the solar panel perform badly...) That's 4 watts per motor, when they're intended (...) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Heavily modified 8880 chassis, succesfully motorised and solar powered. —Gillis Hommen
| | | | | I've got an updated and now compleded .ldr file of the car. (except that the .ldr model doesn't have any wheels yet...ahh well, just imagine the 8880 wheels on it :) ) It's got a revised gearbox layout that uses one gear less than before, but has (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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