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Originally Posted by Greg Perkins
Ahhhh,
Ken's breaking out the old-school legos, with the old-school motor controllers! See kids, you can still have fun with the toys that we used to use when we were little. 
Looking good ken, how does it function? |
It works pretty good actually. The only trouble is that the lego chains I use to rotate the direction of the wheels are a little weak. I am using two sets of chains, but they still have trouble when the drive system is moving on thick hairy carpets.
That's why I have these wheels on at the moment, they are much smoother and have less load when the wheels rotate. When I take this to the class later today, I plan to switch to rubber wheels.
Ultimately I may have to gear down the rotation motor even more to generate more torque, and use a third set of chains to keep them from snapping.
Gotta tell you though, legos are lots of fun!