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Re: Falkirk Wheel - LEGO Helped!
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Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:09:54 GMT
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Wow! What a site! I love it!
> Just as LEGO was instrumental for us in the development of the new Ventax
> Viper AS 212
Now Iain, you just need to whip up a fancy website for your Viper, then
everyone will want one!
, LEGO aparently was used in the development of the harmonic
> drivetrain of the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland!
Uhmmm... How is it a harmonic drive? I didn't see any flexsplines :)
FLexspline flexspline flexpline. What a cool word. Anyway, I would call it a
planetary gearing parallel mechanism. Since the center gear is fixed, the
gears connected to the caissons always remain parallel. I wonder if they
have plans for connecting a drive system to the center gear :) That would
make for an awfully fun boat ride. Just think... if the people in the boat
get bored on their way up, they could spin the center gear back and forth a
bit for some wishy washy excitement!
> What a gorgeous structure!
Agreed. It seems that was their primary goal, to make it pretty. The
function is essentially the same as the old one. Or did I miss something?
Does the new design have any distinct advantages over the old?
> Wouldn't this be an amazing project to try for a train show? It's
> unfortunate it's probably impossible due to no large inner-diameter ring
> gears. :( Maybe there is a way to get around this!
If you suspended the caissons from above like a ferris wheel, gravity would
keep them upright. Kind of lower tech and not as cool, but the same idea. Is
this kind of thing ever done with trains? Don't they usually just have a
huge switchyard?
Rob
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| "Rob Stehlik" <robbby31@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gus84I.4Mv@lugnet.com... (...) Bah, I don't think our site is ever gonna get updated! (...) a (...) ::shakes head:: Rob... :) (...) Well, it seems more mechanically pure... I don't know. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| Just as LEGO was instrumental for us in the development of the new Ventax Viper AS 212, LEGO aparently was used in the development of the harmonic drivetrain of the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland! (URL) said page: "The concept for the gearing mechanism (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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