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On Thu, March 3, 2005 4:56 pm, Iain Hendry said: (...) What about changing the contest, so the goal is to RAISE your side of the beam? Robots start on the end. Lighter is better. Not sure if it's a better contest, just different. But it seems like (...) (20 years ago, 4-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto18 Photos Available
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(...) Good grief, how come in all the pictures of rtl events, there always pictures of me EATING?!? Blorg! -Greg (20 years ago, 4-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
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(...) Good point. A simple 2x4 is the easiest to test and setup at home. Let's go broomstickless! John (20 years ago, 4-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
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(...) By process of elimination, I guess it was me then who mentioned it :) Grabbing the broomstick, which is like a few feet (maybe even a meter) below the beam, would be quite hard I think. However, if it could be done, it would almost guarantee a (...) (20 years ago, 4-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
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(...) I would guess yes, and definitely yes. I don't think this should stop us, but it is a concern. Plus someone has to build the contest one. So it can't be so complex that we can't even get one built. Derek (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
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(...) I took a short section of 2x4 and drilled holes in it, and stuck in some short pieces of dowel the same OD as the pipe we used for the real thing. 4 rungs I think. It was easy to mock up. For the next one it'll be easy, because everyone just (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Location needed for RC racing
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Hey guys We need a venue for RC racing. It should be: a) indoors b) free If possible: c) in the GTA d) lots of free parking Now that we've all had a good laugh, anyone know of a place, that doesn't need to be public (it's a closed event like live2) (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
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(...) Look back was rtlToronto9, Show Me the Monkey, the one with the ladder like thing in the video? (It was pre-me-n-rtlT, so I don't know) Was the complexity of the "playfield" such that there were less competators? Did most people build a mockup (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
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(...) Well that's their choice if they want to use that beam. I say if they're going to do that, let them build that structure (if they want - I certainly don't think it's necissary for proving a concept). It's just pushing a beam/pulling a beam. (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
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(...) Steve's point is correct. Even with a 2x4 above or below, you still need to build the entire frame to hold the beam 2x4, then build the broomstick/bottom 2x4 too if you want pull it. If this option wasn't in the game, then players only need a (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
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(...) See this is what makes it so durn fun. :) (...) That's a really good point. Maybe we should just use another 2x4 at the base, running horizontally, fixed? Just another thought - what if we had a beam not only below, but above, equidistant from (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
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On Thu, March 3, 2005 3:44 pm, Derek Raycraft said: (...) Hmm. Tug-of-war. Who's pieces will break first? This contest has some serious damage potential. Sure, falling off a table is one thing (or jumping an RCX across a gap). But, imagine two (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: wish's - Contest canceled
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(...) May the first person that has never made a "speeling" mistake cast the first (tongue in cheek) inflamMatory spellcheck. snipped the rest (since it's just one post above) Hello, You brought up some interesting points, but I am a bit confused. I (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) !
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| | Re: rtlToronto Snowboarding/Ski Meet
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(...) I'd be intrested, This Sunday is a possibility.. Next weekend is no good for me, but the weekend after is a possibility... (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
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(...) That'd be ideal, offsets is nasty foo. (...) I was just saying it should be oriented the way you've shown it, vs. 90 degrees to that, because if it's the other way then you have to traverse a fixed amount of beam before you can reach down and (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
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(...) I liked the tray of loose stuff idea. Steve's balls, rice, something like that. You can't grab on to it, but you can collect it to add to your weight. I fear the broomstick would just turn this into a tug of war. Derek (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: little help from my friends...
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On Thu, March 3, 2005 3:35 pm, David Koudys said: (...) That sounds like plenty of room for a really nice ball contraption... (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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K, so in my basement I have 2 modules by 6 modules all in a line--basically 6 32 stud by 32 stud baseplates by 18 32x32 baseplates... I'm having a difficult time coming up with a LEGO Train layout that I actually like. So I'm throwing it out (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: A slice of airplane
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(...) I ordered a BrickLink order from Kevin Salm's store the other day, so I hoep to work on it in the upcoming weeks. The empennage/tail assembly is the next challenge on it. The engines are posing a problem, because I'm not sure what wheel hubs (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
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(...) You know, I didn't realize that it doesn't make any sense at all :) (or was I trying to make it look like an Escher drawing? you decide!) I guess it would be immediately below the beam itself. I think, it was either Iain or John, who said if (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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