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Re: Tronabee Mech! Looks cool but can't do squat!
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Tue, 2 Nov 2004 04:07:00 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, David Simmons wrote:
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Hey all,
After my first foray into mech building (you can view the mixed results
below) I must say I have much more respect for mech builders than ever
before! Mechs are hard! They are demanding, uncompromising, dictators of
exactness! I’ll get ‘em, just you wait!
http://www.xenobuzz.com/MyLegoCreations/Tronabee%20Mech.htm
LMKWYT!
Dave
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I think that’s maybe the only appropriate use of those Insectoids trans flouro
green disks-on-sticks parts that I can remember seeing, so my congratulations on
that. I have to agree that mechs are hard to build. Some of the guys on this
board are pretty good at it, though. For what it’s worth, I’ll offer one of the
lessons I learned early on. My first mechs had “bones” that were too long. The
longer you make the limbs between the joints, the more torque you apply to the
joints, and that leads to the “marionette” problem. Given that the joints by
themselves are usually fairly large, I got better results shortening up the
“bones” and basically connecting one joint directly to the next.
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| (...) flouro (...) congratulations on (...) Thanks, Kyle! I was happy to find a use for them too (I must have like 20 or 30 of 'em!). (...) of the (...) long. The (...) the (...) by (...) the (...) Sounds good! It's amazing how quickly the weight (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| Hey all, After my first foray into mech building (you can view the mixed results below) I must say I have much more respect for mech builders than ever before! Mechs are hard! They are demanding, uncompromising, dictators of exactness! I'll get 'em, (...) (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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