Tamiya 70223 - Friction Powered Snail  [70223]

Learning by making is a superb experience. Tamiya's scholastic Construction Series provides hobbyists the chance to make simple models that offer forms of just how mechanisms work.

The Friction Powered Snail employs a friction power (flywheel) unit to make a snail model move minus the using batteries. It features adorable wagging and nodding motions that could be set by simple alterations towards construction of model.

• This really is a construction kit which creates a friction driven sort of a snail.
• Proportions: size: 160mm, width: 57mm, height: 64mm
• Spinning the drive wheel rotates the flywheel inside product, which shops power and feeds it along through shaft towards crank bases. Changing the attachment way the crank bases offers different motion kinds.
• Friction energy product features a transparent instance that allows anyone to see exactly what's occurring in. Gear ratio=37.8:1. It may be eradicated and found in other creations.
• Two polypropylene (PP) sheets are accustomed to recreate the human body and shell. Antennae inside brain have actually the surplus reason for switching the model if it incurs an obstacle.
• A clutch is created in to the energy unit to simply help counter harm.
• Maximum distance: 12m; running time: 45sec; rate: 1 meter every 2.4sec (all numbers approximate).