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| (...) So which hole did you use when you RC'd your 8466? I still couldn't totally duplicate your setup with mine built with the main chassis... (URL) because the RC motor won't clear some other parts of the car. (Not that it worked that well either) (...) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | C'Toalhu
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| (URL) Because what the world needs most is a gigantic, flying, encephalopodic, robotic, Great Old One. I've posted the initial announcement to .build.ancient (because he's been around for a loooong time) and .space (because he's not exactly a local, (...) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LDRAW
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| (...) Vineet, What does this have to do with technic? Use the File->Close All menu. Kevin (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | | LDRAW
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| Hello y'all- I seem to have a bit of a problem about this on POVRAY. When I'm rendering a design, there is a window that appears where there is a stick figure guy running (for 'run'). So far however, this window has become very convoluted with names (...) (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Back from LEGOWORLD 2004
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| Hi everybody !! I' m back from LEGOWORLD 2004, the biggest LEGO event in Europe, about 45000 visitors... one week playing and talking about LEGO bricks....a real pleasure :-) The most beautiful Technic creation I' ve seen was a LEGO clock that (...) (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Dedicated to Chris-maker
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| (...) Thanks Eric ;-) Thanks for your support, I' m your first fan too Chris. (back from LEGOWORLD) (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Crab steering idea
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| Ross- I have designed the gearing mechanism for the crab steering. It is a redesigned version of my original crab steer design. As per your questions about this; 1) I understand the clutch gear has a backlash. I have tried to fix this problem by (...) (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | It's a good day when you get paid to play with LEGO bricks...
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| Eh, the pumpkin carving was secondary to me... (URL) workplace competition--carve a pumpkin 3 categories--best VP lookalike, best work theme, and best overall. Co-worker and I decided to forego VP lookalike and go for best overall and best work (...) (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: Crab steering idea
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| Nathan- Do you have a website? If so, what's the address? BTW, I'm having a bit of trouble posting my crab steering sketch, so I just went ahead and sent you the pic via email. Tell me what you think. (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Crab steering idea
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| (...) Sorry to eavesdrop, but would your revised version of my idea be something I could implement on the telehandler? I thought about moving the mechanism to the cabin. No matter how I do it, the more play in the gears- the less aligned and (...) (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Crab steering idea
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| (...) There's a couple of problems with that technique: The clutch gear has a lot of inherent backlash, which will make the steering not very responsive you have to make sure the wheels are centred when you switch the clutch to get back to straight (...) (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | Re: 8865 and 8475
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| (...) Once agian I made the mistake of using hte 'higher speed' one, just like the last robot event. IN the 8448 that was just fine, but these are bigger tyres and a heavier chassis, so it takes a little bit to get up to speed. You can barely see' (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Part number for old Technic piston?
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| I'm doing a cross-check on a part number. Can anyone confirm the number of the older, square Technic piston? Peeron shows the number for this part as 3652: (URL) shows the number as 3562: (URL) seems likely that the number on Technica is a typo, but (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: 8865 and 8475
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| Are those the RC Motors tucked in there somewhere? If so, which axel hole are you driving it with? (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: Crab steering idea
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| Ross- Looking at Nathan's crab design, I realized that the center steering mechanism resembles a differential. Realizing this I came up with a sketch (since that's all I'm able to do until I move into a house and open my legos) using a differential (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | The Message
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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
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| (...) 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| (...) 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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