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Re: Why Lego, Why
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Mon, 12 Jun 2000 03:58:30 GMT
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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 actually works? Pneumatics is quite powerful, but it
doesn't quite do it sometimes.
I would rather see TLG develop an extension or modification of the
pneumatics, perhaps cylinders that are able to take a lot more compression.
Longer cylinders, definitely. If they went for real hydraulics, that'd be
nice. A bit hard to make, but nice. :-)
Oh, and bring back some form of motorized compressor pump unit. They
definitely need a better air supply - I wonder if it's possible to hook LEGO
pneumatics up to fishtank air compressors? They'd be powerful enough, but
some weigh a fair bit, at least for LEGO to hold onto. You'd also need to
design a relief valve or an on/off switch.
I should really send this reply back to lugnet.Technic - this is getting way
off-topic for lugnet.lego.direct. The only reason I'm not doing this is
because I don't know where to find the f.u.t. box in Outlook Express.
--
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message
news:slrn8k8fob.gfa.mattdm@jadzia.bu.edu...
> Geoffrey Hyde <ghyde@ledanet.com.au> wrote:
> > Hydraulics? I can't ever remember seeing any mention of LEGO developing
> > hydraulics.
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> 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.
>
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| (...) 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)
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