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Re: Great Ball Contraption at BrickFest '06
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:17:15 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Chris Magno wrote:
> Janey, did the initial test, and others have since confirmed
> that NO, the 2 balls are different in size. A soccer ball
> will fit with room to spare between 2 studs. and a "horta
> egg" is slightly larger then 2 studs.
Yes. So the bad news is a lot of standard GBC modules will break if they hit
a Zamor sphere, so they really can't be used unconstrained in a GBC. the good
news is there are a number of GBC modules that can process both easily, so if
you build one that works with your spheres, it is likely to work with soccer
balls.
> People have talked about using both balls, and having a mech
> to sort them.
Yes, it's something I really want to do, actually... but first, I've got to
finish the other five dozen "good ideas" I've got in line (and mow the grass).
> [Horta eggs] the term steve came up with to describe them.
No, I'll defend Steve on this one - that was actually the name I labeled them
with, because I couldn't (for some reason) remember "Zamor spheres".
--
Brian Davis
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| (...) I found this out. I bought five boxes of Zamors (50 balls) that were going cheap when the LEGO store in Kingston, UK, was closing down. Unfortunately, they're too big to go through something like the 2x2 shaft of a ball pump. I had to buy some (...) (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Great Ball Contraption at BrickFest '06
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| (...) Hey Mat, Dont know if anyone has answered you or not, Janey, did the initial test, and others have since confirmed that NO, the 2 balls are different in size. A soccer ball will fit with room to spare between 2 studs. and a "horta egg" (1) is (...) (18 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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