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Re: What are boat weight bricks good for?
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Mon, 21 Feb 2000 04:30:16 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jeff Stembel writes:
> In lugnet.general, David Simmons writes:
> > Other than balancing boats that is. I just picked up three black ones and
> > one red one and was wondering what people have used them for outside of
> > their intended purpose (that's half the fun!).
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> Weighing down trains and counterbalancing Technic & System Cranes are the only
> other uses I can think of. If you don't want them, I'll take 'em. ;)
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> Adding the weight bricks to trains will increase their traction and allow them
> to pull/push more cars. :)
I'd love a few as counterweights for my trebuchet.
(A trebuchet is a catapult that uses the fall of a massive counterweight (~64x)
to launch a much lighter projectile (1x). The weight difference is transformed
into momentum for the smaller projectile, minus some mechanical dampening.)
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| (...) Weighing down trains and counterbalancing Technic & System Cranes are the only other uses I can think of. If you don't want them, I'll take 'em. ;) Adding the weight bricks to trains will increase their traction and allow them to pull/push (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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