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Re: Ancient Art Of Technic Skeleton (Was Re: Building big)
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Mon, 18 Jun 2001 18:00:18 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Paul Baulch writes:
> (Would non-.loc.au readers please refrain from trimming the .loc.au. I'd
> prefer you let the "members" of .loc.au decide if it's too noisy for our
> group - TIA ;-)
Oh, I didn't notice it was X-posted to there, I'm not very good at that type
of stuff :-P
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> Do you connect your technic beams together with pegs? I've found that a
> skeleton of parallel- and perpendicularly-linked 1x12, 1x14 and 1x16 technic
> beams, when built upon, will create an amazingly sturdy structure.
> I took my latest spacecraft to a meet recently. It's over 150 studs long and
> weighs in excess of twenty kilos when fully loaded with its fighter
> complement (probably a third of its mass). I was picking it up to pack it
> away and somebody commented, "gee, that would sag a bit wouldn't it". It was
> particularly satisfying to see the looks on their faces when I held it by
> _one_end_ and the other didn't sag at all - not even a bit. Didn't even
> creak, not a single noise.
Yep, I connected all the 1x16 beams with 1x6 beams. When plates are attached
on both sides of this joint it is very sturdy. Since my ship is pretty heavy
and pretty long, I dont think I could hold it by one end, it's just too
ackward. But I have held it in the middle, and it managed to not buckle. I
did creack though because I was afraid to apply the pressure needed to get
some of the bricks attached fully cause it is pretty fragile when putting
pressure on it. I had some mishaps involving that..
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> This principle has been used in many older Technic sets such as 8860 and
> 8880 and is well known to most Technic builders. It's my hope that more
> "System" modellers will become familiar with the uses of this method.
Yea, this is a major bummer :-( Most of my technic beams came from the
Technic Giant Robot set..
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> Unfortunately, despite its virtues, it's not without practical drawbacks:
> 1. A great deal more construction planning is required to make a structure
> that takes proper advantage of such a strong skeleton. You can't really tack
> stuff onto the skeleton, the latter has to run through the whole structure
> to reinforce it.
Yep. You *can* add stuff, it just wont be quite as sturdy as the rest.
> 2. Newer Technic sets seem to use more and more studless "liftarms" and less
> brick-style Technic beams - for example, 8880 had dozens of 1x16s, but the
> Silver Champion only contains 8. The SW Technic sets don't seem to contain
> any. This is a real shame - technic beams longer than 1x8 are becoming more
> and more difficult and expensive to obtain.
Yea, at around $2 a pop it's rather hard to get a bunch of them...
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> Having the luxury of a good Technic collection, I must say that personally I
> love using this construction method. In fact, that's why I prefer building
> big - not only is the result more impressive, but you're given the
> opportunity to solve a greater range of construction/engineering problems on
> the way to achieving it.
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> So yeah, in other words bigger IS better. :-)
:-D
I need more technic. Heres to bulk beams!
--Kyle
http://hvl.cjb.net
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> --
> Cheers,
> Paul
> LUGNET member 164
> http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
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