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Re: Zero 5 - Ground Attack
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Thu, 17 Jan 2002 04:52:51 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Brian Cooper writes:
> One of two new ground attack gundams I'm working on.
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> http://www.members.aol.com/Infradread/Lego/MS/Zero5.JPG
Nice! Now this is how its done :)
> I destroyed 01 to build this new model (05).
> It expands on the joint technology of 04 with the
> addition of very strong geared knee joints
> (rather than a triangular locking arm arrangement).
> My subsequent ground attack gundam 06 (gray and blue)
> will use even more advanced gear driven knee and ankle joints
> with throwbot gear boxes.
Interesting, I have been toying with the throwbot gear boxes for the past 3
months and I am not happy with the end result. There seems to be 2 to 3 degree
freedom of free rotation allowed in the gear because the worm gear is a tad too
far out (at least these are the results I have been getting with my
experimentations).
> That will be my final Gundam. • :(
> I think my next theme will be 70's retro style super robots
> using this technology.
I will be dead honest hear, I have no idea what is a 70's retro style super
robot. Could please throw in a few names of what you have in mind?
> I'll build a "good guy" robot, and a variety of "bad
> guy" robots for it to clobber with its rocket punch.
> The "good guy" robot will of course periodically lose and need to be rebuilt
> into a more powerful version (in a suspenseful two part episode).
Well this sounds like fun! Let the fun begin!
Have fun!
Bobby (NOM)
P.S.
I promise not to post anything more today :)
> "K"
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| (...) I've found that the throwbot gear boxes eliminate the usual sliding of the worm gear on its shaft, making joints more solid. But the real secret to using them to make a super rigid joint is... nope, can't tell you ;-) (...) Mazinger, Getta (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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