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(...) That's right - I find that for Mindstorms the stuff I have matches the time I have, but brickscaping for trains takes vast quantities of bricks - at least they're basic bricks! To improve the power to weight ratio you could make a power (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: power levels clarification
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(...) Others have explained Pulse Width Modulation. However, if the kids are old enough to understand the difference between linear (straight line) and square law (curving ever upwards) and electrical voltage, resistance and power, you could say (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Hailfire attachment points
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(...) Thanks Joseph. (...) I dont think i will have problems with the natural COG of this beast. (...) Ray Thanks, I had no problem with this set up. Have a look at the second photo, you can see that the 8t mesh very nice. The only issue I had with (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | FBTB Forums code of conduct changes
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I was just over on FBTB and thay annouced a change to their forum code of conduct. The whole document is good except for the last rule: "10. Applicants with free email addresses (yahoo, hotmail, gmail, etc) will not be approved. We apologize for the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Octagonal building technique: help!
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I used the parts linked above to make some octagonal towers in a large castle MOC I built recently. At the bottom, I attached two opposite sides (parallel) to the supporting pieces below the tower, and then let the other 6 sides "float", just (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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Guys, Have I been living under a rock for too long or has everyone already seen this: (URL) and this: (URL) and this: (URL) and this! (URL) Cheers, Ralph (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Hailfire attachment points
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(...) When I looked at the first image, one item caught my eye immediately was the 8-tooth gear. When I built my expirement, I had intended the hailfire wheel to be run in an upright position. The first thing I tried was the 8-tooth gear. I found (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Grand Central Station and 2 wide trains
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(...) Hey Paul, Is that based on Centraal station in Amsterdam? Either way, it looks great. It is hard to believe it's Micro-scale! Good work! Bill (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs now for sale!
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(...) Hey John, Thanks for the comments! I had fun making the Easter items. I think I will be doing holiday themed models on my ebay store from here on out. I was going to do a bunch for Christmas but got so busy I was only able to get a Nutcracker (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | bad LEGO dream last night
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I dreamt that the pin broke off one of my train motors :( In my dream I tried to be brave. I tried to shrugg it off. I moved the broken motor to a trolley*, but the NELUG guys, they could tell... they could tell that I that I was totally bummed. It (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: RobotWars in Sweden
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(...) I suppose so :) I spent a great deal of time on (URL) prior to building my robot. The perhaps greatest inspiration since a long time is this page, however: (URL) from the already mentioned rtlT event "Smash'em up derby": (URL) for all the kind (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: A small car
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(...) It's a solid first attempt. I'd recommend using tiles on some of the studded surfaces if possible. Spoilers are tough. I haven't come up with a satisfactory solution beyond the big racing type spoiler found on my Mustang. For detail, I think (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Hailfire attachment points
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(...) as to CoG and Wheel Center, if the Center of Gravity is above the centerline of the then balancing becomes a monumental task. If the Center of Gravity IS the centerline of the wheels rotation (or even really close in to it) , severe gerbilling (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: explain the definition of the firmware to kids...
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(...) Firmware is the Operating System for the RCX, the way Windows (or whatever) is the OS for your PC. Firmware by itself doesn't do anything, it's just there to run the programs that you write. It's like the trays in the cafeteria that hold your (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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I was just roaming the internet, and I saw a preview of the new LEgo Technic Crane, and it must be a very big if not the biggest set so far. It has over 1800 pieces! Here's where I found the piece count: (URL) site also gives info about the other (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Hailfire attachment points
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(...) i think i learned about deep links... you have to click the image AFTER you click the image.... (geesh) (URL) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) This is what i have so far: (Iain, these are large pic's so dont whine -- i warned you) this was my 3rd attempt. (URL) (after moderation) (i THINK these are the deep links, if they dont work... tough) (URL) was hard to get the spacing on the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs now for sale!
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(...) I'm cross posting to announce.moc so people don't miss these great creations. WOW! These new items are great! All the Easter items are really cute, and will surely be popular. The guitar really looks great. The flame pattern turned out (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Evolution of a Street Rod
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SNIPPY Man, I saw these today on BS and I loved them. I like the tuned version more, naturally ;-) I like the backstory too, its cute. One gripe: I think you need to swap the roofs of the 2 cars. IMO, the 4x4 tile would look better on the older one, (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: rendering different scenes at same scale
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(...) David, LPub does this to make scale stay the same across building instruction steps. If you were to concatenate all your scenes together and separate them with a STEP and then CLEAR meta commands, then LPub would render each step as an image, (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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