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Subject: 
Motorized Cows Redux
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lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town
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Mon, 1 Nov 2004 06:05:08 GMT
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First of all, full props go to Erik who came up with this amazing idea.

Unfortunately his cows were a little too large for the farm I was building, so I designed a version of the cows that were a little closer to minifig scale. Info, pics, instructions and videos can be found here.





In addition to the cows, I also automated the level crossing beside the farm using the same rcx and sensor as a trigger. A video of both the crossing and cows in action can be seen here....

crossing.mov (420 kb)

crossing.wmv (405 kb)

Enjoy!

J



Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: Motorized Cows Redux
 
That's just awesome! I love the cowws turning their head to follow the train! Terry (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
  Re: Motorized Cows Redux
 
(...) <snip> These were a definite highlight at the show. Few could resist sticking their fingers in front of the sensor to activate the cows a few extra times. Everbody loved them. I also took some video clips of the cows and crossing, but they are (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
  Re: Motorized Cows Redux
 
(...) Cool. Thanks for posting these Tim. I guess its a little late since you've already uploaded them, but if you want any of the videos from the show compressed just let me know. J (20 years ago, 3-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
  Re: Motorized Cows Redux
 
(...) Wow they look familiar ;) Thanks for the design, M>ltc will be using it on our first layout in December, I'm sure they'll be a hit! ROSCO (20 years ago, 3-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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