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Re: Motorized Switch using Monkey Motor
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Thu, 9 Sep 2004 12:05:21 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Riley wrote:
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Hi All,
Here’s an update of one of my
earlier motorized
switch designs. This design utilizes the new-style monkey(1) motor instead
of the traditional Technic mini motor:
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(snip)
Thanks for the update! Nice job on the renders for the instructions, by the
way...
Question: does this require switch modification to de-stiffenize the mechanism?
Also I assume that this motor is DCC-able using the technique you demonstrated
here: smart motor ? That would be
tres cool, remote controlled DCC switch with no receiver RCX required and in
fact, no external connectors of any sort.
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Motorized Switch using Monkey Motor
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| (...) Glad you like them! (...) No, all that is required is a standard unmodified switch. The motor has more than enough torque to throw the switch. In fact, I recommend that you feed a lower voltage to the motor as the motorized switch may(1) (...) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Motorized Switch using Monkey Motor
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| Hi All, Here's an update of one of my (URL) earlier> motorized switch designs. This design utilizes the new-style monkey(1) motor instead of the traditional Technic mini motor: (URL) Building diagrams can be found at my BrickShelf folder: (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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