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    building a freewheel? —Bill Clagett
   I'd like to drive an axle but also allow it to coast forward, just like a multi-speed bicycle's rear hub. What is the correct term for this device? How do non-Lego ones work? Does anyone have any insight as to how one might do this with Technic (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
   
        Re: building a freewheel? —Fredrik Glöckner
   (...) Indeed, yes. There is a mechanism like this on the 8205 rubber band powered dragster: (URL) The mechanism allows the driven wheels to freely go forward, and the rubber band spool to drive them. I've made a related device too, which gives the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
 

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