Lego Technic RC 3 SPEED CAR - change gears, drive and steer using remote control
An improved version of a lego technic RC 3 speed gearbox is implemented into a remote control lego car. This video shows three main improvements over the previous gearbox design. The first is an improvement is to replace the 90 degree bugatti stepper with a PF servo motor reducing the gearbox complexity. The 2nd improvement is to use a gear rack to replace the liftarm lever mechanism for converting angle to linear displacements. And finally the third improvement to change from using a 2 lego unit axle offset to a 2+1 offset to allow bevel gears to mesh with regular gears for the gear switch mechanism, and thereby eliminating one row of gears.
The final gearbox is implemented into a lego technic 3 speed remote controlled car that can be driven backward and forwards and steered remotely, as well as remote gear changing between 3 different speeds.
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