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(...) I think some SNOT-fu (ala JeffVW style) could work here: Maybe some of these? (URL) these: (URL) new firetruck has them six wide) (URL) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Help me buldge :-/
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(...) Try something like the buldgey design on Holger Matthes' tower: (URL) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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This is what I'm trying to build: (URL) is what I've got: (URL) :-/ See how the sides are all curved/buldge-y on the real thing? Any ideas or design examples of what other people have done to try and do that? I am so bad at this kind of thing and I (...) (20 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto19: Balance of Power and other upcoming events
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(...) Hmm, I think that a) getting over the bit of beam sticking down to keep the thing in stable equlibrium, and b) working through that tiny opening in the structure will present insurmountable headaches. I don't see that happening very easily at (...) (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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(...) LOL! I was actually thinking of just a lone 2x4 brick. (...) I vote for (b) lower your end of the beam (raise your opponent's end). My thoughts: If we want to RAISE our end, then we would could end up with "sumo on a 2x4" because each robot (...) (20 years ago, 4-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Quite you. That's what I was going to do. Derek (20 years ago, 4-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Okay, if anyone builds a robot that "leaps off" the beam, more power to them. That would be amazing. Unless they are kamakaze.* Besides, that doesn't guarentee you a win at all. (...) And what did we decide about that? I think it was that we (...) (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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(...) For me, it's more difficult to raise my opponents end. That stops the JeffE sticker thing. So I think we should work on the premise of bringing our end down. (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 think you at least have to stay on the beam. Otherwise, EVERYONE will jump off the beam. What kind of a contest is that? The other issue I can think of is JeffE style loopholing :). I can see JeffE driving up from California, leaving a Lego (...) (20 years ago, 4-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: wish's - Contest canceled
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(...) Hi Kevin, I'll be the first to say that Larry has a legitimate gripe. The question is, can Lenny bring the very offending action in JLUG to lugnet, and then punish Chris on lugnet for the offense? Lenny's justification for "indefinitly (...) (20 years ago, 4-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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