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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Iain Hendry wrote:
> I tend to design assemblies with long shafts in a method that is analogous to
> how high power electricity is transmited over long lines.
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> I think the 32 long axles were only really designed for the hockey game anyway?
It's the only application where it's shown up so far. There hasn't really been
any real world model for a Technic set that really demanded such a long
distance...the only one that comes to mind would be the tail rotor of a
helicopter or for something on a long boom. But the examples of Technic we've
seen so far seem to cover that with other methods.
Calum
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| (...) I tend to design assemblies with long shafts in a method that is analogous to how high power electricity is transmited over long lines. If you think about torque as amps and voltage as speed, it's just like that. Shafts don't (generally) care (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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