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What can the 4x4 green capacitors be used for concerning mindstorms? I am involved with a team of elementary scholl kids who have recently received nearly two-hundred of them. We just can't see what they could be used for, especially for a FLL-type (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Suspension
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How would you go about creating a pneumatic suspension system? I don't see thaty you could, unless you only had a partially-filled cylinder. Andrew (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What's a Spybot? (was Re: Bring your spybots to Brickfest)
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(...) Apparently there are only two kinds left, at least at shop.lego.com. There used to be 4: (URL) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics)
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| | What's a Spybot? (was Re: Bring your spybots to Brickfest)
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(...) for it turned up only this: (URL) which doesn't look anything like what's on Steve's page, nor does it look particularly programmable. Being too much of a cheapskate for Mindstorms, I'm always on the lookout for cheaper alternatives, so, what (...) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Help building a truck
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Thanks Mark and Jennifer for the inputs. I have to now start building the model! Jennifer: I have seen your work and its impressive! I won't be anywhere close with my work. John (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Help building a truck
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Good post Mark:- "Mark Bellis" <mark.bellis@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:I2AKGz.1uzE@lugnet.com... (...) axles (...) for (...) I had forgotten about that application... also there are some all terrain cranes that are 8x8x8. (...) that one (...) (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Help building a truck
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"John" <john.seemon@symphonysv.com> wrote in message news:I2A1or.1J7r@lugnet.com... (...) last (...) only (...) That is the usual case, in fact these days usually only one of the rear axles in driven if the truck is on roads most of the time. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Help building a truck
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(...) Yes, a road-going 8-wheeler with 2 steering axles has only the 2 rear axles powered. There are 8x8 trucks with all acles powered, but they are mostly for military applications. On a lot of trucks with 2 rear axles, there is some equalistation, (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 4.5V? 9V? 12V?
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(...) Isn't this just a case of a 9V Battery box with 6x AA batteries, a number of 9V wires with 2x2 plugs on each end and a 9V light unit? For a shorter duration use, the smaller battery box with a PP3 battery will do - any light and sound sets on (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Bring your spybots to Brickfest
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(...) Thanks to being overwhelmed by other stuff, this hasn't gotten as far as I'd hoped. However, parts are coming together nicely. I've been able to collect 13 Spybots, (stripped down a bit). Tonight, I've finally got a simple program working. (...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics)
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