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| I just saw Zamor Spheres are on offer at the Lego Store and I'd like to know if they'll work for GBC - are they the same sizwe as the soccer and basketballs? (those are hard to come by in any decent quantity) regards linmix (18 years ago, 20-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| No, they are larger and more heavy than soccer or basket balls. I have encountered problems when using them, in particular with modules of other people that relied on the smaller size. linmix schrieb: (...) (18 years ago, 20-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| hmm, pity. Not that I'm likely to be able to participate in any big GBC (no such events where I live, in the north of Spain), but I gather that means they may not work in a ball pump e.g. linmix (...) (18 years ago, 21-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| <<but I gather that means they may not work in a ball pump e.g.>> I chose to use Zamor spheres (because of their availability) for our GBC in my small robotics/engineering class. The kids have made ball pumps, Archimede's screws, stair lifts, chain (...) (18 years ago, 11-May-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) This is indeed the main problem. As we originally defined a GBC it used soccer balls (at the time, Zamors hadn't yet even come out), so most GBC-standard modules not only use but take advantage of the fact that a LEGO soccer ball fits very (...) (18 years ago, 11-May-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) "regulation" (...) out" into (...) We'd like to see how soccer balls would run through our modules. I'm guessing that some would take the smaller balls just fine and could slip right into a regulation GBC, but others would find that their (...) (18 years ago, 11-May-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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