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(...) Well, ultimately the pneumatic power comes from the motor that drives the compresser. At a given time frame you can only squeeze so much work out of the motor, and pneumatics is no magic. It gives you great power but still not much speed, if (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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Eric: (...) details I have missed). Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) that you can see the big air pump, with its spring still attached, is used in the compressor. Has anybody built this robot from the pictures? I always wonder how well the compressor works. Cheers, Hao-yang Wang (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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(...) Erm... I actually used a few pieces more than just the two sets -- e.g. one of the exhaust ports, the tailfins, etc. Perhaps 85% of the model is from the two sets however. I think I'll have to change the wording on the Web page to reflect (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Very groovy! That is awesome; no wasted pieces and a very groovy compact design. How can you do that with just two sets? Greg "ABS is good for igniting lighting towers & refridgeration trucks" Majewski citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Hey all, I just added my B5 Narn Fighter to my Web page. (DAT files are coming some time after the third week in August.) You can see it at: (URL) - jsproat (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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In lugnet.robotics, Soh Chio Siong writes: [snip] (...) [snip] Indeed don't! There is no better way to get great power and speed at the same time then the pneumatics. With a worm gear you can get great power, but not much speed, with the gears you (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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[Follow-up to .publish please] (...) The more like a photograph your image becomes, the more you'll want to use JPG. For the renderings on your site, you may lose a lot of detail by reducing colors to save as GIF. Less detail might be lost by just (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.publish)
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Alex: (...) Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message ... (...) I thank you for the comments, Bram! I am looking into posting all images as GIF's instead of JPG's to decrease the size. I didn't even think about the anti-aliasing though. Thanks for the tips! (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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