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  Straight-driving car
 
I'm building an RCX robot that maps the house with some help from the computer. My problem is this: I need to create a car that will drive perfectly straight and also be able to make precise turns without having to move forward while turning. I have (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
 
  Re: Halloween Lego Design Contest Reminder and Update
 
Hi Mathew! Just to let you know, I've been working dilegently on an entry for your contest since your July 31 post. I hope to have it done in the next few weeks, with a week or more after that for pictures and putting it up on my website. Brian (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
 
(...) 3 studs long from front to back. You couldn't get a minifig inside it. The plate arrangement underneath: on top of the 2-wide foundation plates are 6 1x2 with centre stud plates, like so: +---+ +---+ | | | | | o |---+---| o | | | | | | +---+ o (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
 
Lego reuses good ideas. The Maersk set sleeper cab is also 5 wide. Also, I believe one of my favorite tow trucks has a 5 wide equipment bed: (URL) recall getting a bunch of these when S@H was blowing them out in early 1998. Aspiring builders of 5 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
 
(...) I'll have to track a copy down then. I remember they did this with the Indy Transport (my brother has it) but he lost the instructions to it and I haven't bothered to look for them on kl.net (soon to be the brickshelf). How many studs long is (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
 
  New Addition to Marsbase
 
Hello! After a *very* long period of lurking, I wanted to step out of the shadows for a moment to let everyone know I posted a new Mecha on the Marsbase site. The Ronin is the latest entry to the Marsbase stables. I've only got the gallery page (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
 
  Re: Redesigned website finally online!
 
YES, YES, YES!!!!! It has finally arrived!!! :-) I love it Bram. A couple things that stood out at me: 1. There are no pages for the last three Ice Planet vehicles. 2. The text you used for the hyperlinks is cool, but hard to read at that size. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: My own R2D2
 
Hey Eric, Awesome job on the R2D2! Thanks for sharing with us. John Matthews Eric Harshbarger <eric@ericharshbarger.org> wrote in message news:37CC6E3F.6A2808...ger.org... (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
 
(...) I think standard container lengths are 20, 40, 48 and 53. There might also be 28 footers. These are also standard semi trailer lengths. Paul (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
 
  Redesigned website finally online!
 
After about a year of promising to update my website, I finally have: (URL) fans: (URL) fans: (URL) the site looks best in Internet Explorer 4+, but also works in Netscape. (You'll need to use Netscape if you want LDLite to work with the site) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad)
 
  Halloween Lego Design Contest Reminder and Update
 
Hello Lego Community! Well, here it is the first of September and in most parts of the country the first hints of the Fall have begun. Maybe the wind has the merest hint of a chill, or perhaps you have seen a few bare spots on your trees in your (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
 
(...) You may already know this, Will, but Lego's current Idea Book (which is pretty lame overall) has instructions for a semi cab which has a 4-wide driving cab and a 5-wide rear (sleeping?) cab. I just built it today, by coincidence. It's not bad. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
 
(...) This would involve using regular tiles and the 1x2 tiles with a single stud to serve as a "bed" to place an offset 3,5,or 7 wide body upon. This would work pretty easy for 3-wide, but the others would require another layer of plates to hold (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
 
(...) 10 for width yes. Container height and length vary. 40 used to be standard but there now are 20s, 30s, 40s, 44s and 50s I believe. I dunno what the standard height is. However my point is simple, 10 feet is the width of a container, it's also (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
 
(...) What about 3, 5, and 7 wide? I'd like to see how others solve the problem of odd-width cars. (Actually, I've only used 5 wide for the bed of a pick-up truck, and 7 wide for my AT-ST, but I think other vehicles would be interesting (3 wide golf (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
 
(...) ObObscureReference: Don't you mean: "Stay Good Eric, Stay Good!" (see (URL) Once we thought if we sat a million monkeys down at a million typewriters we'd get the works of Shakespeare. Now that we have the Web, we know this isn't true. The (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
 
Larry Pieniazek: (...) Ain't containers 10 by 10 by 40 feet? Play well, Jacob (the multi-width guy :-) ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
 
Jeff Stembel: (...) It looks like I qualify for the "Darth Vader" title. My minifigs drive ten-wide (and eight, six, four, and two wide). We have an ongoing competition about the smallest minifig car. We are at 3.2*2 at the moment! Play well, Jacob (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: My own R2D2
 
My reaction was "Holy S**T! that thing is HUGE!" great job! KL (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
 
It loaded fine for me here at work, but I know for a fact it won't load at home, even though I am using Communicator 4.61 at both locations, both on NTWS 4.0 SP4. The reason I know it won't load at home, even without trying? Xoom. If you have a (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)


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