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Hi all, Crossing Germany by car is very dangerous, since there are no speedlimits, and maximum speed of my car is rather limited - especially with 4 passengers and lots and lots of luggage (LEGO?). Before driving to Billund in August I built this to (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.de, FTX) ! 
 
  Re: Crab steering idea
 
(...) Yes, it does. It is all computer controlled though. Incidentally, Nathan's design can be used with 2 fixed steering wheels: reverse the rear steering bar, so that tilting the "steering column" now operates crab steering mode remove the knob on (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: Crab steering idea
 
Nathan- Thanks for showing how crab steering works. I also like how you designed it, but the fact that it doesn't have a fixed steering wheel bothered me, so I designed one which has. Also, I might impliment this in my realtime version of my crane (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic)
 
  8865 and 8475
 
So why did I want to get the hubs and the rubber to stick together on the old large Technic tyres? After a very successful 8448 and 8475 merge, and a mostly successful 8466 and 8475 merge, I decided to have another go at it. Thought about the 956 (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Crab steering idea
 
(...) figure out the steering. This shows it clearly. My preference would be that turning the wheel would give 'normal' steering and tilting it would give 'crab' steering (it seems more intuitive, plus it would be much easier to judge when the 'crab (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic)


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