Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #03231



To: beam beam@corp.sgi.com
From: James Anderson anderson@cfht.hawaii.edu
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 08:49:43 -1000
Subject: [alt-beam] Success! (will be: Efficient SEs)


Morning list,

I'm very happy to report that I first BEAM creation is alive and firing. It's a
trimet based on one of solarbotics' downloadables
("http://www.solarbotics.com/downloads.shtml"), and uses a FLED SE and a motor
dug out of an old answering machine. I also added a lower ring for the negative
connections, instead of using the motor casting.

Testing it this morning (under bright Hawaiian sunshine), I found that it
charges for about 2.5 s, and then fires for less than half a second. For my
next project, I'm was thinking of making a more efficient version (one that
would fire for longer), and am wondering what the best type of SE would be.

Wondering Aimlessly,
James Anderson


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