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Re: Construction Tip for the Millennium Falcon Entrance Ramp
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:44:37 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Paul S. D'Urbano wrote:
> Not sure this has been mentioned elsewhere or if anyone else had an issue but I
> thought I'd share this experience and building tip:
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> After I assembled my 4504 I was disappointed to find that the mechanism for
> opening and closing the entrance ramp walkway worked horribly on my set.
> Whenever I would pull on the docking bay the 1x2 technic brick at the end of the
> mechanism would detach from the walkway while the ramp remained firmly in the up
> position. I was ready to give up and write it off as a flawed design feature
> when I read a few reviews on FBTB and saw everyone complimenting the walkway
> mechanism as a nice feature. Determined to make mine work, I took apart that
> part of the ship and investigated why it wasn't working.
>
> Each end of the ramp's hinge is basically formed by a Technic Brick 1 x 2 with
> Axlehole, a Technic Axle Pin with Friction, and a Plate 2x2 with Holes:
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> http://ldraw.org/library/official/images/0/32064.png
> http://www.peeron.com/pics/inv/custpics/43093.1081399106.jpg
> http://ldraw.org/library/official/images/14/2817.png
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> The problem was the friction on both Technic Axle Pins was way to strong to
> allow the mechanism to work properly. It turns out that not all Technic pins
> with friction are made equal. All I had to do was try all of the Technic Axle
> Pins that came with the set (I counted at least 8) and use the two that had the
> weakest friction for the hinges. Once I did that the mechanism worked great.
>
> At first I thought LEGO made a mistake and should have used Technic Axle Pins
> *without* Friction but once I got it working I realized how easily it opens and
> closes and I bet if you didn't have the friction there the thing would open up
> all the time on its own (especially while swooshing!). My experience has been
> that the friction on those pins wears down after a while if you use them as
> hinges so I wouldn't be surprised if down the road I'll have to reverse what I
> did and switch to ones with stronger friction.
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> Oh well, hope someone finds this useful. I was pretty disappointed when I
> thought the whole mechanism was flawed and was relieved to find I could fix it
> without needing any different parts that didn't come with the set (or changing
> the basic mechanism at all).
>
> Regards,
> Paul D.
Thanks, Paul D.
I found this to be helpful. I guess this is one of those things where the very
rare occurence of someone using the wrong piece... I don't know, but I am in the
building stages of the old Falcon, and when I tried to move the ramp, the pieces
would just come undone. So, I'll try this and see an improvement I'm sure.
Thanks, Avery
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