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    32 long (again) —Chris Magno
   is this the same 32 long in this set, as in the hockey ones? Also, I thought the hockey axles had "stops" part way down the axle. (URL) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: 32 long (again) —John Guerquin
     (...) 32-long axles, and there is NO stop, it's a normal axle. The upcoming large technic crane seems to use one too. Seems like it's made of the same type of ABS as the others, so at that lenght its relatively flexible, and twistable. The best use (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: 32 long (again) —Derek Raycraft
     (...) Oh! that's a great point. I've always had problems with 12-longs not being long enough for doing this. I kind of forgot about it. Ok, now I want more. Derek (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: 32 long (again) —Iain Hendry
     (...) Now I have this mental image of 5 rtlToronto guys showing up at the next copmetition with bubblejet printers built out of air tanks, RCX's and 32 long axles. :) Iain (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: 32 long (again) —Calum Tsang
     (...) That's the other thing, iss\ we need to think of a good contest for this summer...something to get BRUCE and ROB back in the gig. :) Not something like Steve's Balls or whatever. Calum (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: 32 long (again) —Iain Hendry
     (...) I'm still forming around in my head the idea of something with rope. Not rope climbing, but something lateral. Rope transversing/pickup. Flycams. Delta-by-rope. Something where you'd have this big long span of rope with the robots moving along (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: 32 long (again) —Calum Tsang
     (...) I like that idea. Dropping or picking things up. Or both. (...) Now THAT I'd like to do, but I wouldn't know how to score it or how to clean it up. Maybe lay a cookie tray in the center of the room, and you count by weight how much rice got (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: 32 long (again) —Steve Hassenplug
      (...) Rice sounds messy. Maybe you should use something easier to pick up. Like tiny soccer balls. Then, you could also roll them down the 32 long axles (tying back to the actual subject) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
     
          rtlToronto/Ropeway1 —Iain Hendry
       (...) Yeah, you're right - except rice has a couple of advantages: -Vacuum/throw away. It's cheap. -You can cook it and have a deliscious meal. (...) -Cannot cook soccer balls in rice cooker provided by friend's mother. (...) Well, we'd probably (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
     
          Next contest, was Re: 32 long (again) —Calum Tsang
      (...) I just realized I had a plastic bag of balls myself. Christina wouldn't let me take the Bag of Humanity (a creepy bag of 100 white soccer players) without taking a sack of balls and their kick-stands too. I found them the other day and (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         rtlToronto/Ropeway1 —Iain Hendry
     (...) Yeah! Maybe two bins, at either end. And a pan in the centre... the rope would have flags/targets on it for positioning. So the thing is you can have: a) robot does one big scoop, one big dump, but is slow b) robot is tiny and fast, taking (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: rtlToronto/Ropeway1 —Calum Tsang
     (...) I think whoever isn't building has the task to bring a shop vac. (...) Hey, I like that one! That sounds pretty good, pulling up rice. Now, what about string though? What string is allowed? And how do we specify the rope across the room, how (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: rtlToronto/Ropeway1 —Iain Hendry
     (...) :) (...) Well, a couple of things have to be decided: -Do we have a standard rope? (difficult to organize) -Do we allow each entrant to bring and string their own rope? (time consuming at game day) You're right on consideration for sag. Unless (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: rtlToronto/Ropeway1 —Derek Raycraft
     Shouldn't you people be heading to dinner about now! Especially you Ian! (...) Yes, same rope as rope climbers. (...) No. (...) Give a reasonable range. Something 2 long power cords could easily cover in case someone wants to use a sensor. (...) (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: 32 long (again) —Jeff Van Winden
   (...) on them. They are also in use in the new fire station (the yellow pole) (URL) the new technic crane :) (URL) VW (19 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 

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