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| (...) I thought they were called 1x2 Plate w/ 2 Hinge Fingers 1x2 Plate w/ 3 Hinge Fingers there... If something is a 3-finger hinge, wouldn't it mean that it's a [full] hinge that has 3 fingers [total]? Say, speaking of which, Joshua once told me (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) This is true. My two copies of 8846 Tow Truck has these. They tended to break pretty easily, so it's a nice thing they were substituted. (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) I have two of these also (in red) from an Expert Builder (?) helicopter which I bought form a friend along with the rest of his LEGO. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) Ya, Ya, Ya... I was typing fast and working from memory. You're right. I was close enough, though. ++Lar (in Walnut IA!) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) transmission[1]), in red. On the new kind, though, the round recess in the fingers get their edges bent out when the mating round raised is slid past when disassembling. The same thing happens, slightly less so, with the 4-wide hinged roof (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| Okay, I'll bite -- how do you get 7/6 to be anywhere close to SQRT(3)? 7/6 is 1.167, and SQRT(3) is 1.732. Is there an additional 2:3 ratio hidden inside the "8880 transmission"? Also, I'm having a little trouble figuring out how the transmission (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) the (...) No, I just failed to mention that I gear down by 2, then up by 7/6; which is quite close with 1.714. Both have the same center distance, which is extremely helpful with the 8880 setup. (...) and (...) Yes it is. Why it is spread I (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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