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(...) go (...) Really nice - I have to build it just for playing (if it runs fast and smoothly as pictured -I hope so)!! (...) What about the first? Could you post a link, plz? :-) ciao steP (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Chris, I trust your judgement here. I've not done the math myself, nor have I created a 2 Liter presure tank. It must be time for me to create a compressor using the RC racers motors. They eat a lot of power, so they have to be run by battery (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That's amazing! I've wished to build a coaster or similar for a while but I don't have near enough part (especially tubing). Nico has done a great job here! ~Mike (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Wow! Look at that! Shame he does not post here, perhaps he's lurkong though? One can only hope! What a cool use of the corrugated tubes! But what good are they if/when he tears the coaster apart? I counted an even 200 tubes in that MOC! It (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) NOOO...OOO!!!...!!! Actually, that's awesome! I'm yelling because I had the same idea a while ago for making rollercoaster track out of the ribbed tubing, but I could never figure out a way to construct a wheel mounting that would work. I (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) 2L pop bottle (my english is not very good, I think you talk about big coca bottle ?.?.?) Hum, on CSSoh page there is a such air-tank....are you ready to pump 30 minutes ??? :-) You have to act about 4,5 times a hand-pump to get highest (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Hats off to Nico! This is just awesome. Great use of parts. Bob Fay "Bruce Hietbrink" <bnh@chem.ucla.edu> wrote in message news:HnFxop.pIr@lugnet.com... (...) go (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I see... so that means using a 2L pop bottle is a bad idea? >> Mark (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi all, He hasn't ever posted on Lugnet (unless under a different name), so I'll go ahead and highlight this roller coaster by Nico Bestanpouri just up on Brickshelf: (URL) looks like it really runs. Very cool. Bruce (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic) !!
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(...) This is basically right, but the LEGO tanks are so small, a given single tank doesn;t buy you much. (...) This is what Jennifer Clark has wanted for a while. The only all lego solution that I know of is to use large pistons that are compressed (...) (21 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Isn't the force generated by the pneumatics directly proportional to the air pressure, which in turn directly proportional to the amount of air in the tank? So the larger the tank is, the longer you can sustain the force during the bleeding of (...) (21 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Thanks a lot for a job and thanks,many thanks for a photo of my unfinished job:-((((( -- Fabio Lugnet m. 340 "TJ Avery" <tjavery@texbrick.com> ha scritto nel messaggio news:HMq3A9.1qG4@lugnet.com... (...) download (...) presentation (...) is (...) (...) (21 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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One of the keys to Dark Helmet's diminshed stature was rearranging the drive train of my previous micro-walker so that it was smaller. The two on the left are the new walkers, and the one on the right is uCog VI, the predecessor. (URL) came up with (...) (21 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I've found that when pumping the large hand pumps by hand, you can create such pressure surges that hoses pop off. Compressors made of motors and pumps can't create such surge pressures, so the tanks don't help much. Kevin (21 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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I'm considering purchasing 8366 Supersonic RC. I know it's for indoor use only and in my house that means it will need to run on carpet for me to get the most out of it. My impression is that the 8475 "buggy" would be better suited for carpet but (...) (21 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I'll throw in my personal experience just for fun here. I used two air tanks on my R996 excavator ((URL) and a compressor that had two small pneumatic "pumps". When operating the model, it took a long while for the tanks to charge up, and then (...) (21 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hi max For pneumatics you have to go and see CSSOH page: (URL) is few pneumatics on my LEGOTIC site too: (URL) of course Kevin Clague' site: (URL) don' t know for what kind of construction you need to use pneumatics... sometimes you need no (...) (21 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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What is the best method for getting air to pneumatic systems? Should I use one or more blue storage tanks, a larger, custom made tank, or no air tanks at all? I am fairly new to using pneumatics, so I am very much curious to find the best method. (...) (21 years ago, 25-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks for the offer, but probably a full 8010 on sale would be cheaper that shipping fees ! Philo (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Thanks Philo! I have a few spare helmets if you want one...... I have enough micromotors and helmets to make 5 Dark Helmets, but I think I only really need one. Kevin (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars)
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