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Re: m@ climbers
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Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:33:37 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote:

so, what are some of the common ways to climb a rope, using lego?


hand over hand?
wheels/gears?
treads?

calum needs to know.

I think hand over hand (that's what you mean, Tobbe) would be the most
mechanically interesting, but my guess is wheels and gears likely will be the
most effective/cheap/fastest.

At some point, someone's going to start doing things for elegance vs
competition.

Calum



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(...) Hard to really know. My gut says that the grip on a 'wheel' system would have to be so great and the torque so high (to pull six AA batteries, a cube of lego, and your motors) that it could be actually slower than a pneumatic hand over hand. (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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so, what are some of the common ways to climb a rope, using lego? hand over hand? wheels/gears? treads? calum needs to know. Chris (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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