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Re: Which weighs more?
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Date: 
Tue, 4 Mar 2003 02:53:10 GMT
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Nope,

My scale shows:

1x16 regular brick: 6 grams
1x16 Technic beam:  5 grams

Eric Harshbarger

Ross Crawford wrote:
> In lugnet.general, David Simmons writes:
> 
> > Hey all,
> > 
> > In my latest project (making a Gunstar) I'm using a lot of 1x16 Technic
> > beams, however there are two where I'm using none of the friction peg holes
> > for anything.  Would a regular 1x16 beam weigh less or more?  I'm trying to
> > reduce weight wherever possible due to the design of the ship.
> 
> 
> My guess is the technic beam would probably weigh slightly more.
> 
> ROSCO



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  Re: Which weighs more?
 
(...) Amazing!(1) And quite counterintuitive, if you ask me. Volume and surface are not always tightly correlated but the Technic beam has lots more surface area. 1 - I'm assuming you actually weighed 50 of each and did the math or whatever. I have (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Which weighs more?
 
Thanks Eric! :-) Dave "Eric Harshbarger" <eric@ericharshbarger.org> wrote in message news:HB7Es3.6z7@lugnet.com... (...) holes (...) to (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Which weighs more?
 
(...) Hmmm interesting. My conclusion from that would be that the "cylinder" containing the holes is significantly thinner than the brick walls. ROSCO (24 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Which weighs more?
 
(...) My guess is the technic beam would probably weigh slightly more. ROSCO (24 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)

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