 | | Re: Johnny five IS alive - first MOC —Ross Crawford
| | | | (...) You might find that spreading the hinge plates wider on the tread shoes will help. Having them near the centre increases the "twisting" effect if there are forces near the edge of the shoes. Also, having 3 per shoe instead of 2 may help - mine (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Johnny five IS alive - first MOC —Nick Kappatos
| | | | | (...) Perhaps switching to 2x plates instead of 4x for the tread surfaces would help - this would help to smooth the curve around the wheels, at the cost of almost doubling the number of hinges you would need to add. Otherwise, love this MOC. Great (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Johnny five IS alive - first MOC —Stefan Naepflin
| | | | | (...) --snip-- good idea,I have a lot of hinge plates in my depot. So I will give a try. -------- (...) -- snip -- Yes the 4x plates are really "stressed" turning around the wheels. I think the combination of both, smaller plates and re-arangeing (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic)
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