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  Why Lego, Why
 
This is to Brad. Why is Lego not making pneumatics. I ordered to sets of hoses, switches, and cylinders and only got the cylinders. Is the hydraulics taking over? If they are I wish they would make cylinders you can control like the pneumatics. Adam (24 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Why Lego, Why
 
Hydraulics? I can't ever remember seeing any mention of LEGO developing hydraulics. If they are going to be using hydraulics, though, I think they'd better be using better hoses and fittings, fluid isn't that easy to hold under pressure. -- Cheers (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Why Lego, Why
 
(...) They have new cylinders which they call hydraulic. They're actually spring-based shock absorbers with a pneumatic cushion -- no real hydraulics involved at all. And unlike the old pneumatic system, they can't be interconnected. (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Why Lego, Why
 
Is that like those compressed-air automatic door dampeners and closers? IMHO, that's a really poor substitute for real pneumatics, and is in no way hydraulic. I don't mean to be sounding mad or anything, but can't TLG stick with something that (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Why Lego, Why
 
(...) I don't think that this is meant to be a substitute for the pneumatic system. It's just a fancier shock absorber. [ ft -> .technic ] (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Why Lego, Why
 
"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn8k9lp5.rt8.....bu.edu... (...) Yeah, I'm pretty sure that that is all it's mean to be. Just a spring with an inbuilt dampener, so that it has a much slower rebound. If you used one of (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)

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