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Re: Saw Cool Idea On TV
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Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:14:23 GMT
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Issac Merkle <the_gaff@hotmail[ihatespam].com>
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> Are you referring to the "Robot Wars" show the BBC aired about a year ago?
> I
> hardly think Lego robots are up to challenges like that. They even used
> flamethrowers. The legos would melt and/or catch fire.
Funny you should say that - after picking up one of the discounted Search
Subs for the pneumatics, I started trying to thing of interesting
applications for the pistons and air tank. I never did much with the
pistons, but found that I could store butane gas in the blue air tank and,
with a disposable lighter's piezoelectric spark assembly, make a LEGO
flamethrower. I thought I would build a Mindstorms dragon that breathed
fire, but never got around to it, somehow...
Regards,
Issac.
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| I think I could work wonders with a syringe, some worm gears, a technic motor and some gasoline.... I'd use some kind of electronic ignition though. Another mean weapon could be a spray of the right solvent. I suspect styrene (not poly) or toluene (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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