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Re: 2legged pneumatic walker
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.build
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Sun, 4 Jun 2000 04:24:14 GMT
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My, but those cheap digital cameras do have an odd habit of making red into
pink, don't they? :o)
Makes me wonder if more people would've bought an 8448 if it HAD been made
in pink! ;-)
--
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
Tom Newsom <ab8ten@bath.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:Fs90wM.E4v@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.technic, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> >
> >
> > William Bell wrote:
> >
> > > In lugnet.technic, Miles Gentry writes:
> > > > In lugnet.technic, Tom Newsom writes:
> > > > > I already posted about my 1/2 volume supercar II, and have been • suggested
> to
> > > > > make a seperate post about my work in progress walker. It runs on • pneumatic
> > > > > logic and (nearly) weight shifts. I'm working on it..........
> > >
> > > Poor quality the photos might be, but the walker is superb!
> > > I've seen a few posts about TLG running out of ideas and the general • lack of
> > > new pneumatics sets - your walker and the 6 legged spider one would be
> > > fantastic sets for Lego to produce, obviously with lots of bells and
> > > whistles...
> >
> > That is magnificent--what's more, I really like the look of the "tubes." • Give it
> > some eyes. *now*. It looks for all the world like some kind of bizarre • animal...
> >
> > Hmmm...how often do you have to pump it for each step?
> >
> > best
> >
> > Lindsay
>
> Haha!
> I just tried it out and it's something like 20-30 times per step. With
> practice you can get a reasonable pumping speed but it looks incredibly
> perverse! Besides, it still won't actually walk without a little • assistance.
> I'm taking a bit of a break right now from this. But rest assured it SHALL
> walk unaided!
>
> Tom Newsom
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