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(...) Hi Jindrich, Thanks for your open minded responses. <snip> (...) I guess my long winded post was unneccessary...... Wimpy beams have been getting a lot of grief lately, so I guess I had pent up energy about that. Wimpy beams provide no new (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Before I start, I'm taking three big deep breaths and relaxing.... I've got a lot of energy on this topic. Jindrich, I understand and respect why you don't like the studless beams, so please don't take this post as though I don't. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) My 'technical' english is quite bad, but... They use it for steering. On of those is on the axle, driven by the 'siren' on the roof, it turns two other which are on 90-degree angle, each one connected to short arm with towball axle which is (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Not sure how it's used in the backhoe, but I can think of two nice things about it: (a) two can work together at any opening angle, forming a bevel gear set at non-90-degree angles, and (b) with the studless construction, two of these form a (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Agreed, and I wrote that in my original message. (...) Agreed. (...) Peeron is down right now. I'll try to do a search as it goes up. But looking in the 2003 catalog, none of the 'Technic' sets seem to have them. Don't know about Bionicle/Star (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I would agree, it's much more in-line with the way I think and build... but that's at least partially due to my history with LEGO. My 6-year-old son uses both styles, and even in his "regular" (non-technic) builds incorperates the pin and SNOT (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It is my belief that Technic studded beams will always be around, as long as technic is around. There are too many advantages of studded beams over studless beams for them to go away. So for me that is a non-issue. Studless beams have (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) It is a gear that is highly resistant to slip. Since the teeth interlock so much it cannot slip without a very huge failure. Kevin (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hi Jindrich, I have the advantage that my first set as an adult was the RIS. This comes with studded and studless beams. I started out using both, so the whole studless beam issues is not an issue for me. I've made a *lot* of MOCs with (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.technic, Jindrich Kubec wrote: It's like you read my mind. I'd been wondering for the last few days the best way to raise this very subject, the inferiority of the new Technic system. (...) This is the key question, somthing I was going to (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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