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Re: New Technic Supercar 8448
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lugnet.build
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Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:41:34 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Gregor Benedikt Rochow writes:
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> > and transmission. Actually, there's a 6th for dashboard and seats
> > (not too great).
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> Correction: Pathetic. IMO, pieces with holes alone do not make a
^^^
I forgot one important word.
> construction "Technic", when there's neither form nor function.
A mystery: The front suspension is nicely soft, to the point where
it might need additional springing when a brick-based body is
put on. The rear suspension, however, which appears to have
near-identical geometry, is hard as a rock...?
About that reverse gear: While it's a nice effort, the fact that
the wheels turn the engine reduces it's usefulness.
(I've built a number of transmissions with reverse gear for the
sake of trying it, but never put any of them in a car for the
same reason.)
Adding a single-direction lock to the engine would not increase
playability :)
But how about putting a direction-unifier(tm) on the wheel-side,
which routes rotation straight through a normal non-R tranny
and reversed through reverse-gear-appropriate gearing?
The result would be an engine that turns according to the selected
gear when 'driving' forward, and appropriately fast when backing
up - and always in the same direction.
-gbr
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| (...) Correction: Pathetic. IMO, pieces with holes alone do make a construction "Technic", when there's neither form nor function. It all looks awful and consists of 90% angle beams. ...and the dashboard does not connect at all to the steering (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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