Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #01619



To: Jonathan D Rogers chessmaster14@juno.com
From: Steven Bolt sbolt@xs4all.nl
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:44:57 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Suneater


On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Jonathan D Rogers wrote:

> I'm building my first robot, and I'm having trouble making a chassis for
> it. It's supposed to be a Suneater 2, and I wanted to use a friction
> drive with this great little Mabuchi motor I have, but I can't figure out
> how to mount the motor, etc. I'm using some Lego Technic parts to make
> it.
> Anyone have any suggestions on Suneater 2 construction?

SunEater_2 is just a kind of Solar Engine, not a 'bot. And are you
sure that Mabuchi motor is any good? Connect it to a power supply
set to zero volts. Slowly turn up the voltage until it starts
running. This should happen at half a volt or less, at a current of
40mA or less. When running free at 0.5V it should consume less than
20mA.

As to idea's for a SunEater_2-based `bot, have a look at
SunEater_III:

http://people.ne.mediaone.net/bushbo/beam/suneater/suneater.html
Or http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbolt/Other/suneater.html

And you might want to have a look at SunEater_IV:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbolt/Other/suneaterIV.html

Enjoy your first `bot!

Steve

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