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Old 2002.06.10, 08:17 PM   #16
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I work fo a company that builds SMT devices such as bug detectors, so I have acces to pretty much any resister, capacitor, thermistor, etc. I am probably way off on this, but couldnt you put like a adjustable pot or something similiar on the turbo. Like connect the pot in series on the input wire for the turbo (I think the wire that draws the power from the batteries?). That way you could up the "boost" (lower resistance) by turning the pot clockwise, and lower the boost (raise the resistance) by turning the pot counter-clockwise. It would be exactly like a manual boost controller for a real car.

(BTW, I just program the robotic assembly line. I'm not the engineer, but I could ask an electrical engineer who I work with)
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Old 2002.06.10, 09:45 PM   #17
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pot = resistance = waste of battery power...

use a Dip switch and switch between the "modes" hehe Fast, Faster, and what the hell was that...
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Old 2002.06.11, 03:09 AM   #18
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I would agree with drac. It should be easy to wire in a bypass for the turbo and have on off switch that turns the turbo on and off.

But then also if you installed your turbo carefully with nice plugs its probably not hard to remove it completely.

Using a variable resistor is a waste of battery power, but in a race does it matter? Surely your batteries would at last the race easily..
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