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Message #03886
To: "'beam@sgiblab.sgi.com'" beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Wilf Rigter Wilf.Rigter@powertech.bc.ca
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 12:53:05 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: SE-lot car races
Yes more details of this "rail gun" please!
Wilf Rigter mailto:wilf.rigter@powertech.bc.ca
tel: (604)590-7493
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Les Davis [SMTP:upnrunin@home.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 11:17 PM
> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: SE-lot car races
>
> Again, One of my students has built a linear drive model for the Skills
> Canada
> competition. The circular track has a 49 or so electro magnets embedded
> in it, he
> pulses 6 or 7 of the magnets in sequence causing a steel ball to
> excellerate around
> the track. Let me know if you are interested in his plans and what not,
> I'll put you
> in touch with him by e-mail.
>
> Les Davis
>
> Richard Piotter wrote:
>
> > If I see one, I'm buying it and BEAMifying the slot cars and setting it
> > up by my window! I personaly would prefer fairly equalized cars on their
> > own tracks and racing them. Hehe! :)
> >
> > Off subject, I was thinking of using magnets mounted under roads on my
> > model railroad and place cars with attracting magnets in the front and
> > back. Unfortunately, I had no clue how to run it. Of course you can't
> > REALy place a solar panel on it, but maybe using electromagnets.
> > Unfortunately that would get expensive. My cars are about an inch long
> > and 1/4 inch tall, so motorizing them is not an option. Anyway, I just
> > thought of that. Havn't worked on it for a while though. No cash (rather
> > it's all to school and robots! Hehe! :)
> >
> > I wish I had some single pin sockets to solder to my Nv net board for
> > Spyder. I could buy them, but I don't want to wait (waiting is the
> > hardest part :) so maybe I'll just use a block header socket. Or maybe
> > I'll buy the 20 pin inline socket anyway, though it has terminals like
> > an IC socket. How are those at holding a wire plugged in (single male
> > header or bus wire)?
> >
> > Dave Hrynkiw wrote:
> > >
> > > At 08:33 PM 5/27/1999 , Richard Piotter wrote:
> > > >Speaking of slot cars, has anyone even made a solar engine slot car
> > > >race. Actualy build SEs into the slot cars, and place them on a
> track.
> > > >
> > > >"Place your bets now!" Hehe! (:
> > > >
> > > >I want to see THAT!!!
> > >
> > > Sure, about 3 years ago at one of the BEAM build-fests we had here in
> > > Calgary. Does anybody have a scan of that Equinox article that had an
> > > fish-eye, ground-up pic of MarkT & ScottyDogma playing with the
> slot-car track?
> > >
> > > It was a blast. This was shortly after the initial variants of the
> Miller
> > > 1381 were shared with the rest of us. We invaded a local toy shop and
> > > bought out his whole supply of slot-cars, about 16 in all. I think 9
> of
> > > them got turned into various types of SE-powered slot-car solarollers,
> > > which we put on a big outdoor slot-car track. The speedier
> (longer-running)
> > > cars took one lane, and the slower (short-burst) cars took another. It
> was
> > > great fun to watch them whizzing around!
> > >
> > > This event was one of the first inspirations for the SolarSpeeder kit.
> As a
> > > matter of fact, my slot-car racer uses exactly the same components as
> in
> > > the SS kit. I'll have to tear it down and take some close-ups for the
> > > website this summer when I have my summer-job help here...
> > >
> > > -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
> >
> > --
> >
> > Richard Piotter
> > richfile@rconnect.com
> >
> > The Richfiles Robotics & TI web page:
> > http://richfiles.calc.org
> >
> > For the BEAM Robotics list:
> > BEAM Robotics Tek FAQ
> > http://people.ne.mediaone.net/bushbo/beam/FAQ.html
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