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Message #04124
To: beam@corp.sgi.com (mailing list)
From: Benjamin Edward Hitchcock beh01@uow.edu.au
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 07:40:28 +1000 (EST)
Subject: [alt-beam] Slot Car Races (new idea?)
The only problem with that is that if the two tracks were connected
together electrically, you're likely to see the SE with the
llowest switch-on voltage win by a huge margin - the other car wouldn't
move at all.
I guess you would have to isolate the two tracks from each other, so that
one SE couldn't 'steal' the energy from its opponent.
Great idea!
Ben
----- Forwarded message from Don Papp -----
On Mon, 31 May 1999, Richard Piotter wrote:
> I got 4 curves and 2 straight slot car track sections. I'm going to try
> to build a little slot car track. Should be fun, except I don't have any
> slot cars left! (:
>
> I'll have to find some first.
A possible variation (which I would try if I had a slot racer
track and cars) is to line photodiodes(less visually obtrusive) or
solarcells on the track, and use the existing metal traces to send the
poweer to the cars when the SE fires. The SE and cap(s) on the track
itself would mean only the motor is in the car - making it lighter and
able to run longer.
| Donald Papp, T.T., MCP
| Support Analyst
| OA Internet Inc.
| don@oa.net
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