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Re: Flex Cables (Does anyone have the 8485 CCII)
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 15 Oct 1999 03:20:16 GMT
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wattsup1@earthlink.ANTISPAMnet
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Thanks to Kevin the 8485 Control Center II scans are available and I can finally
build the T-Rex.
I assumed no-one would want to part with these cables, so I found a way to make
my own length of flex cables with 0.065 string trimmer line, making the necked
part at the end with a soldering iron.
My problem is: The 1:1 length on the scan is of-course not correct and is
scaled. I tried to measure the printed length of the axles on page 1 and made a
scale factor to lengthen the cable lengths, but it's off by quite a bit.
Does anyone have a 8485 and could give me the accurate lengths of the cables?
Thanks very much, -Phil
Mark Koesel wrote:
> Dave Baum <dbaum@spambgoneenteract.com> wrote in message
> news:dbaum-1110992125350001@207-229-150-40.d.enteract.com...
> > The reason I speculated that it may have been a legal issue is that
> > several years ago the flex pack was advertised as available from S@H. For
> > some reason they pulled it from US distribution but kept it in Europe.
> > The flex pack has several different style connectors in it - perhaps one
> > of them is the problem, and TLG works around that in the bigger sets by
> > not using that specific connector.
> >
> > The other "mystery" is that the "type II" connectors were already in sets
> > (8412, etc) when I ordered 5118 from the UK, but 5118 was still using the
> > type I connectors. Strange.
>
> The "type I" connectors were pulled from the market in the US. There was
> in fact some legal issue -- something about a choking risk. I forgot where
> I heard this from. It may have been from a S@H rep. I believe that they
> also had to stop selling the 8856 Whirlwind Resuce (and other sets that
> used the type I connectors) prematurely in the US because of this.
>
> If 5118 is _still_ using type I connectors (which btw, are far superior to
> the type II, IMHO), then that is why they are not sold here. If 5118 is
> not using the type I connectors anymore, then I'd bet they just never
> bothered to reintroduce it is the US.
>
> > Of course this is all pure speculation. Perhaps 5118 didn't sell a high
> > enough quantity in the US to remain a service pack and S@H replaced it
> > with something else.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Flex Cables (Does anyone have the 8485 CCII)
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| Can someone post a side by side comparison of Type I and II connectors?? I have the 5118, 8485, 8412, 8437, and they all have the same connector ends. I'm trying to figure out the difference. Phil: I'll try to get you the mm dimensions for the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Flex Cables (Does anyone have the 8485 CCII)
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| (...) Happened to be carrying out a parts inventory of my #8485 CC (*not* CCII) which recently arrived from DYA France. Here are the actual measurements of the flex cables - overall lengths followed by the lengths between the notches, in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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