Yes, I have always known them as Tandy Radio Shack. Tandy being the store name and Radio Shack being the branding for the electronics stuff. Back in the 80s my interest was the Tandy CoCo computer. I had Dragon computers, but the Tandy Coco was pretty much identical, used the same processor, and much of the software was cross compatible. According to Wikipedia, Tandy acquired RadioShack in 1963.
Saw some on ebay, but shipping is double the price of item. Running bigger wheels makes cam out of sync with start position. Tried doing math but that is very hard without measuring every minute detail, such as steering angle, full circle diameter, etc. All I can think of is some double groove cam that uses the fact that it is pushed by spring in one direction.
Thanks for looking. Syncing with the start position is irrelevant. What we want is the car to do a figure eight. Whether the gears click over a perfect number of teeth during the circuit and return to the same tooth at the end does not matter. That is exactly why I enlarged the wheels, the car could not complete a circuit in the time it took for the cam to rotate. As I have previously pointed out, there are many variables in the real word, the tyres slip on the surface, the surface is uneven causing the car to bounce and deflect. The wheels wobble around on their axles. The gears are worn and they may be slipping on the shaft.
On the subject of eBay listings, the ones I put in the video description are on the UK eBay, but there were several on the American eBay, so it just depends where you are in the world.
I have been printing some sleeves that will allow me to use AA batteries in the C slots. I actually know that I have quite a few sleeves that I bought years ago, but do you think I can find them 🤣 I decided it was quicker to design and print some, than order another load online.
I’ve never seen one of these before nice to see something different 👍
@Valhalla764 it fascinated me. And it spawned about 20 videos as I worked on it 🤣
Excellent and Good morning 😊
Good evening, Tom 😊👍
I think Radio Shack was Tandy where I was in Scotland in the 1990s ?
Yes, I have always known them as Tandy Radio Shack. Tandy being the store name and Radio Shack being the branding for the electronics stuff. Back in the 80s my interest was the Tandy CoCo computer. I had Dragon computers, but the Tandy Coco was pretty much identical, used the same processor, and much of the software was cross compatible. According to Wikipedia, Tandy acquired RadioShack in 1963.
Saw some on ebay, but shipping is double the price of item.
Running bigger wheels makes cam out of sync with start position. Tried doing math but that is very hard without measuring every minute detail, such as steering angle, full circle diameter, etc. All I can think of is some double groove cam that uses the fact that it is pushed by spring in one direction.
Thanks for looking. Syncing with the start position is irrelevant. What we want is the car to do a figure eight. Whether the gears click over a perfect number of teeth during the circuit and return to the same tooth at the end does not matter. That is exactly why I enlarged the wheels, the car could not complete a circuit in the time it took for the cam to rotate. As I have previously pointed out, there are many variables in the real word, the tyres slip on the surface, the surface is uneven causing the car to bounce and deflect. The wheels wobble around on their axles. The gears are worn and they may be slipping on the shaft.
On the subject of eBay listings, the ones I put in the video description are on the UK eBay, but there were several on the American eBay, so it just depends where you are in the world.
Thumbs 👍 😊
Good morning, John 😁
Was well worth recording to these eyes just to see those batts put in their last run and what happened when they went flat.
I have been printing some sleeves that will allow me to use AA batteries in the C slots. I actually know that I have quite a few sleeves that I bought years ago, but do you think I can find them 🤣 I decided it was quicker to design and print some, than order another load online.