 | | Power Functions Tower Crane —Philippe Hurbain
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| | | A 1.2m (URL) tower crane>, built to exercise the new remote controlled Power Functions motors that are to be available in late 2007 sets, such as the (URL) 8275 Technic Bulldozer> (URL) Enjoy! (URL) Philo> (18 years ago, 7-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | | | | Re: Power Functions Tower Crane —linmix
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| | | | | Wow, so you are also one of the chosen ones to make our collective mouths water... Would it be hard (or legally possible at this time) to add these motors to your lovely 9v motor comparison on your site to give us an even better idea of what they (...) (18 years ago, 7-Mar-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | Re: Power Functions Tower Crane —Philippe Hurbain
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| | | | | | (...) Yes ;o) (...) I have yet to perform the measurements, but I can tell you that the big motor is really powerful (comparable to NXT motor), with a rotation speed around 200 rpm. The other one is quite good too, should be significatively more (...) (18 years ago, 7-Mar-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: Power Functions Tower Crane —Chris Magno
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| | | | | WOW!!!! Please allow me to express how COOL that is. I think you have found the perfect use for this new motor and control system. The new IR controller, and Motors will free many MOC's of the unrealistic wires that still shackle the rest of us. I (...) (18 years ago, 7-Mar-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | Re: Power Functions Tower Crane —Philippe Hurbain
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks ;o) (...) ...though IR control may have some drawbacks: exercise several of them at the same time and you are sure to get funny results!!! The 4 channels help, but for big models several are used at once... (...) BTW, it has been a (...) (18 years ago, 7-Mar-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Power Functions Tower Crane —Nathan Bell
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| | | | (...) Ingenious design! That video was fun to watch. It moves very smoothly and gracefully. The shock to tension the cable was an awesome idea since it created more friction on the winches that moved the trolley. How much can it lift with the (...) (18 years ago, 7-Mar-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Power Functions Tower Crane —Philippe Hurbain
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| | | | (...) Thanks - the shock idea is not mine but from a friend... he will be glad you appreciated! (...) The weight it can lift (about 200g at the end of the boom) is not representative at all of the torque of the motor: the crane tips well before the (...) (18 years ago, 7-Mar-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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