Subject:
|
Re: Technic 99
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.build
|
Date:
|
Sat, 26 Dec 1998 20:30:14 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
1012 times
|
| |
|
|
Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ...
> http://www.pncl.co.uk/~huw/lego/reference/1999/technic/1999-04.jpg
>
> which really makes me wonder how the thing works. If that some new
> pneumatic elements? Or is it something completely new? The thing that
> closes the grabber looks like a large suspender, which doesn't make
> sense, I guess.
Looks to me like the top end of the suspender rotates around the end of the
triangular plate, so you get a spring grip effect instead of having to stop
closing when you hit something. So perhaps there really are hydraulics, and
they have a reasonable amount of force! That would be really really cool.
But it also looks as though we're due for a rain of those silly
decorative plates that dominate the "stuporcar". Arrgh.
Moz
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Technic 99
|
| (...) I don't know, but reading the Dutch text (no, I don't speak Dutch), I get the impression that the hydraulic cylinder is used to raise the "roof" of the vehicle. Just like the 8448 "Supercar", and like the engine cover on the 8445 "Indy Storm". (...) (26 years ago, 27-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: Technic 99
|
| (...) I've only seen the image (URL) really makes me wonder how the thing works. If that some new pneumatic elements? Or is it something completely new? The thing that closes the grabber looks like a large suspender, which doesn't make sense, I (...) (26 years ago, 25-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
|
43 Messages in This Thread:
  
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
