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I would like to run a train with the Mindstorms RCX. I seem to remember reading about someone applying 9 volts to the rails, picking that power up through the powered bogey (sp?) to run the RCX onboard the train, and using one of the motor outputs (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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It's dead easy if you are willing to have the RCX be stationary... just run the wallwart into the RCX power port, then have one of the motor controls go to the track. If you want to have the RCX onboard, powered by the rails, and controlling the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <3813D4A3.2E69C446@v...er.net>... (...) I'm willing to do the surgery (gasp), just wanted some idea of how to open the train motor housing in some non-horrifically-disfiguring manner. (...) That's what I looking to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Will Chapman's page (you can get to it from PNLTC's site), has a description (and animation) of what's inside train motors. James P (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Thank you sir. That told me what I needed to know. You must cut the plastic... ... but I can't cut the plastic! You must cut the plastic... ... but I can't cut the plastic! You must cut the plastic... ... but I can't cut the plastic! (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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