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Message #01857
To: Dave Hrynkiw dave@solarbotics.com
From: DENNLILL dennlill@buffnet.net
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 20:06:54 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Walkman motors
You know, one of my friends actually has one of these walkmans. She's an
exchange student from Germany. wow. I wouldn't take apart of one these
walkmans for the motor, the walkman is INCREDIBLE. It runs for like days
on ONE AA battery. Absolutely the most incredible walkman. And
virtuiallynothign about the walkman is that cheap mechanic stuff in cheap
walkmans. All super small solinoid contorlled. Wow.
Dennison
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Dave Hrynkiw wrote:
> At 04:12 PM 3/29/99 , Victor Snesarev wrote:
> >How correct is it to assume that all motors found in 2
> >AA-battery-powered walkmen are efficient and powerful enough for a
> >walker?
>
> For the most part, no, they are not useful for walkers. The problem is in
> gear-reduction, or the ability to move the legs with enough strength to
> make for a useable walking gate. Walkmans only require low-torque to move
> the tape across the read-head.
>
> The exception to this rule is the Sony Walkman Professional, which uses
> ESCAP 90-degree gearheads for the tape transport mechanism. VERY high
> quality, and are the type MarkT. used for his "Walkman" robot.
>
> Regards,
> Dave
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> "Um, no - that's H,R,Y,N,K,I,W. No, not K,I,U,U, K,I,_W_. Yes,
> that's right. Yes, I know it looks like "HOCKYRINK." Yup, only
> 2 vowels. Pronounciation? _SMITH_".
> http://www.solarbotics.com
>
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