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As I'm nearly done with the project now, I thought I'd post some photo's and a movie of the solar car in action. First off; the car itself: (URL) you see the motor I've used, and how it's built into the lego construction. Doesn't look like anything (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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"Gillish" <gillish@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message news:HD11KA.DBC@lugnet.com... (...) trip over the wiring in your sprint to keep up with the model. -- Bob Fay (URL) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Cool! (...) pieces! Makes me remember that cartoon over at BIMP: (URL)Finally, a movie of the car taking a sprint, with me running after it (...) And wow! But yikes! Well done! If *that's* not solar power, what is? (...) For you, I'll tip my (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) How difficult was it to ensure that the motor was straight, level, and the gears meshed properly? It seems like a lot of work, but it really paid off! How did you do it? :) I love the speed of it in the movie. How fast do you estimate it was (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) An image says more than a thousand words :D (URL) this above image you see the part of the car the motor is strapped to. On top of the 2 yellow 8x1 plates rests the motor, with the 16 tooth gear on its axle. The rubber band around the motor (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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