Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #04196



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Richard Zeigler rzeigle@tiger.lsuiss.ocs.lsu.edu
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 01:38:05 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: hotwheel BEAMbot!!


On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Dave Hrynkiw wrote:

> At 03:28 PM 6/2/1999 , john thurmon wrote:
> >when i was younger i bought a hotwheel cars that you put on a charger an
> >then let it go it 30yrds from a 10sec. charging. i put a 1381
> >solar engine on ti an vroom a super fast solar roller! these could be used
> >for those slot car racing thingies! anyway.... they like 10$so bye!:):):);)
>
> They were Mattel "Sizzlers", that used a small N-sized nicad. They've
> recently be resurrected by "Playing Mantis" toys, and are much the same.
> The motor really stinks - it's one of those rectangular, open motors that
> are very inexpensive (and really inefficient).
>
> But that isn't to say you couldn't retrofit it into something much better!
> As a matter of fact, Mattel now has "XV Racers", which are the same sort of
> thing as the sizzlers, but with what I _think_ is a 10F AL Gold cap for
> power storage.
>
> -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
>
I just finished a motor refit for my XV and it was easy. the pinion gear
fit perfectly onto the new motor shaft. Still have to change out the 10F
cap though since it takes so long to charge. Very zippy little roller but
the gear train is a bit noisy because of the less than precise fit of the
plastic gear and the wheel axle.

I also have a few of those sizzlers but can see no easy way to refit for a
new motor since the original is one of those deals where there is a shaft
out of each side of the motor and it is direct drive to the wheels.

RZ




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