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dumbnewbie 12-06-2002 07:26 PM

? about eliminating the microsizer charging unit
 
SO three days ago now I found out about microsizers. Much to the dismay of mycoworkers my production nearly stopped until last night I finally found 1 27 Mhz Imprezza at Target and bought four of their 10$ knockoffs @ 10$ a piece. Being the ever sophisticated beer drinking football watching American couch potato that I am I started thinking this would be a lot funner if I did not have to keep getting off the couch to pick the cars up off the carpet after with my superior driving skills I drove them right off the edge coffee table.
SO I came up with a new plan let my roomate pick them up, but then he started whining. So I thought to myself what if I built a track with sides and put it under glass it could then become a "decorative" coffe table. The problem with this I realized is trying to get the cars out all the time to charge them. I began wondering has anyone tried to eliminate the need for charging by say adding a solar cell to the top of the car?

t-squared 12-06-2002 07:33 PM

why not try to make it like bumper cars?

positive on the ground or something, and negative on the ceiling, with wires from the bit touching both.

Dux 12-06-2002 11:26 PM

Yeah! Take the radiator off your roomy's car and use it for the electrode on the ceiling. Just connect a power cord with some hastily prepared duct-tape solders!

datamonster 12-07-2002 03:00 AM

it gets a little tiring picking up the glass off the coffee table time and time again. he wants a to put the track IN the coffee table. A radiator on the bottom might do the trick for power, but on the ceiling, it'll be a problem. how about wire mesh? that way it get's electricity, and can still be seen from above.

GTR 12-07-2002 03:11 AM

just make a 1 cm border around ur table! haha

also, charge your car with some super expensive peak charger! you'll get 40 minutes run time if u upgrade to the 150 mah nimh battery

alpha1 12-07-2002 05:03 AM

Cut a door in the side of the coffee table so you can reach in and get the cars when the batteries need recharging. It beats lifting up the glass everytime.


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