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(...) The 9V motors are strong enough. Sometimes it shocks a bit, when the weight is not well distributed (means that I either have too much or too less counterweight). The crane is able to do 0 to 1.2 revolutions per minute. When studying the spec (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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Hi Beat, About the lifting capacity. Seen this crane? (URL) guy claims it can lift more than 10 kg. I've seen this crane several times, but he huses to many non-LEGO components. The crane is also much to heavy, it almost collapst for several times (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam)
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| | hazards of heavy lifting (Re: Crawler Crane MOC)
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(...) Yes, be very careful! The ideal condition that a crane builder wants is that upon maximum load, the crane starts to tip over rather than break. When the crane starts to tip, you can immediately stop the lift and all is saved. However, if (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: hazards of heavy lifting (Re: Crawler Crane MOC)
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(...) You're right. My crane crashed once: (URL) I didn't lift anything. It was due to a construction error. You could image I was really pissed off. (...) But the bigger your crane, the harder to keep it straight .... This loonatic's crane almost (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hey Dennis, your English is good, your swearing's perfect :-). Steve (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: hazards of heavy lifting (Re: Crawler Crane MOC)
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(...) Here are some images of that huge crane: (URL) the upfollowing images in the folder: (URL) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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