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In lugnet.robotics, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> Unfortunately this means you can only have one robot per electrically
> connected section of track, as the power is flowing out the motor unit's
> wheels and onto the rails.
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> ++Lar
Why not use the old 4.5volt rails? (Presuming Steve has or can get some...)
Or, as for driving it, could the setup from the 4533 'track snow remover'
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/4533
be used by driving the middle axle?
I just checked BrickShelf, unfortunately the instructions are not there... :-(
JohnG, GMLTC
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| (...) Yup, that would work too. Sometimes good deals can be had on these if you keep your eyes open. Especially on the blue ones if you're not fussy about color. (...) That seems to work a lot better for picking motion up from the rails than for (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) No problem, then. (that wasn't what you asked at first, you complained that the train motor took power from the track...) In that case just put *no* power on the rails (that is, run on some track not connected to any power) and feed one of the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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