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(...) I think you can handle this with a little care in the design of the rules. If the table you are setting it up on is deep enough to permit it, you could always use four 90 degree pieces in a LEFT/RIGHT/RIGHT/LEFT sequence to keep the overall (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The Beeesh
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(...) snip That's pretty awesome, Eric. There's always cool new stuff to see on your big, non-violent, bug-headed giants. Here's what I liked: The spooky grungy location shot, cool! The first documented cool use of the new Alpha team canopies. The (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Yeah - I agree. You need the 'average builder' to stick to a simple straight-line standard one-size-fits-all module. If you don't then everyone will want to build something esoteric and you'll get hardly any simple modules of the kind that (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That's a great frame to build from, and the new color scheme is a huge improvement. One of these days I want to try one in dark blay and orange, with white accents. I'm not really feeling the big gun, but otherwise very good, creative work. (21 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Instead of that, just make sure that your module delivers through the "side" of the downstream module's territory. In other words, using a chute (even a very short one) is a pretty easy solution. And that way the standard isn't further (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Or create other "Types" That's the long-term plan. Of course, any GBC that uses some of these other module types will require considerabily more planning prior to set-up, and it will also make the whole contraption less tolerant to the (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Not really. :) However, we're not expecting the GBC to run 100% of the time. It's not like letting a train run in a circle for eight hours. There are all kinds of things going on at the same time. In our testing, we seemed to run for about 20 (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: TGBC - The Weakest Link?
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(...) First, test the modules as they are added to the system to make sure they meet the minimum requirement. Second, watch the whole thing like a hawk, being ready to shut it down to fix such problems. Third, there will have to be some (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The list is on Steve's GBC page, below the Type I standard - just scroll down. (21 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Super Dash-9. With work like that, you must have a source of BNSF images, no? I got a little GP for Christmas, and I am thinking of supersizing it, but I don't know if I should follow the stock color scheme. Is it reasonzbly accurate? Again, (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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