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"Steven lane" <steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:HAEoK5.2FG@lugnet.com... (...) effort (...) Well, I do offcourse have my own creation built from scratch, but I got stuck with that and are now searching for some ideas. So I thought the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Modified 8458-2 Silver Truck
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(...) Personally I prefer more realistic Dennis Bosman syle trucks but this effort has merit. (...) Now this bit is right up my street. When wanting to build somthing like this I always like to quantify the requirements of the mechanism. It's (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Modified 8458-2 Silver Truck
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I just had to do it some time, and I felt the time was now :) I've just slightly modified the Silver Truck by first exchange almost all grey parts with black parts. And then add an extra set of wheels. Look at this picture: (URL) a bit long URL... (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I have asked the legomug guys about the car. This is what I got: ---...--- >>Would it be possible to get more information about it? >>How the 4x4 drive was done? Or even may be a LDraw file for it???? This model created by Mr. Hidenori Doi, (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Nice. But that butterfly is a show winner! Gonna have to try that myself. Best DaveG (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Heavily modified 8880 chassis, succesfully motorised and solar powered.
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(...) Connecting the motors in parallel means they'll get 16volts at about .25amps each. (if their combined electrical resistance is right, which it isn't, which makes the solar panel perform badly...) That's 4 watts per motor, when they're intended (...) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I can't figure out the details, but here's a machine translation (you may need to join lines together if the URL wraps): (URL) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Check this page (warning: it's in Japanese, so... is it anybody over here that can translate all this stuff?) (URL) specially the soccer buses and the 2 vehicles before them Are my eyes wrong? Or I am seeing the smallest 4x4 systen (with steering) (...) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Heavily modified 8880 chassis, succesfully motorised and solar powered.
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(...) Well, I can't argue with that... But in your application, going from a motor with 30% efficiency to one with 54% efficiency will help a lot. You will also gain some efficiency by simplifying your gearing since the new motors are already geared (...) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: what else could be done
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Great ideas you've got there. Here's another one: 16 tooth crown gear. (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)
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