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this is my latest creation, a pneumatic cat343 uses almost the same schema as the quad 343 only the leg structure is diverent and this one have a tail :) it uses his back to change the distanse bitween his frond and his back leg's tis one is more (...) (19 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | [OT] XCOR Steam Engine Contest
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Please forgive the off-topic post, but seeing the ingenuity of technic & pneumatic builders here, I suspect that some of you may be interested in this: XCOR Aerospace is having a contest to build a steam- or gas-driven pump to certain specs. Details (...) (19 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Flex tube (was: Brickfest Pneumatic Master ...)
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(...) I got a bag of 8x24" for around au$7, which seems a fair bit cheaper than your price, but that may be due to other factors. The brand I use is (URL) have a bulk price there, but I don't know where you can get that, the hobby store I buy mine (...) (19 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pneumatic Master and new Pneumatic Gate Circuits
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(...) (SNIP) Oops! I forgot to post the jpg links rather than the item links, since it's a while since I posted stuff! That's what comes of doing too many exhibitions! The AND etc... gates are dual no-leak bidirectional gates that perform the (...) (19 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Flex tube (was: Brickfest Pneumatic Master ...)
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(...) I've seen the white "Plastruct" tubing at model railway shows and in hobby shops, but it costs 35p for about 12", which is too short and too expensive (considering my 5.5p/piece average Lego price, including railway stuff), even when bought in (...) (19 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pneumatic Master and new Pneumatic Gate Circuits
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In lugnet.technic, Mark Bellis wrote: [SNIP] (...) Well, I think people were pretty impressed with pneumatics at BrickFest! I've been contacted already by people who want to use pneumatics in their non-technic MOCs. We are fortunate to have a (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Flex tube (was: Brickfest Pneumatic Master ...)
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(...) Hi Mark, not sure what LEGO flex tubes are made of, but I've had good results with 1/8" polystyrene model makers tubing which comes in 24" lengths in most hobby shops. It's white, so you can paint it to the colour you want. It's slightly less (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pneumatic Master and competitions
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(...) Many people shy away from "competition". I'm pretty sure Kevin is always trying to make the best creations he can. Not because he wants to be better than you or me, but he just loves making cool stuff. Actually, Kevin's not a good competitor. (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pneumatic Master and new Pneumatic Gate Circuits
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(...) I mean "competition" in jest, since we are a community learning from each other. I do feel a bit tucked away out of sight in the UK. It seems that only the US is currently big enough to attract enough attention from TLG. I'm also trying to (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Brickfest winner Pneumatic Master
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(...) I'm not that big a fan of head to head competition. I think that every person who brings a MOC is a winner, as are those who don't. One thing to note is that Steve Hassenplug, that genious robotics/techic guy (who is also great to be around in (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Brickfest winner Pneumatic Master
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(...) I'm glad to hear you're writting pneumatic articles for Brick Journal. I plan on doing some articles for Brick Journal too. (...) I was thinking that this parlor trick might be used to create a very slow pneumatic delay (presuming it has (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Simplest steerable car chassis
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(...) Hi Kevin I recommend you to go to Peeron Instruction Library ((URL)) and check models 8207, 8216, 8225, 8808 and 8816. These are some simple models you can build, and there are a lot more models over there that you can also use. Hope this (...) (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Simplest steerable car chassis
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"Kevin Wilson" <kevin.wilson100@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:ILBxqz.1wIt@lugnet.com... (...) Technic Starter Set (8022-1) hit the spot nicely. Just in case anyone else needs to do this :-) Kevin (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Brickfest winner Pneumatic Master
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In lugnet.technic, Kevin L. Clague wrote: (SNIP) (...) intriguing MOC!!!! He got two Technic awards and got a free Technic crane. Mr Christyatsen (who was there for the first time) gave him the new title of Pnuematic master! (...) (SNIP) (...) (...) (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Dave Schilling's pneumatic parlor trick
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(...) This phenomemon is the reason why any pneumatic mechanism (such as steering) that you intend to stop in the middle (with pistons at the half way point) should always use two opposing pistons. This equalises the total piston area for each (...) (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Dave Schilling's pneumatic parlor trick
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(...) Yep, that is why pistons push better than they pull. (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Simplest steerable car chassis
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"Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrigl@math.uio.no> wrote in message news:IL9wsG.1y1G@lugnet.com... (...) I have a fair amount of older Technic, including steering parts, but not the most recent stuff. (...) it was the first thing I thought of, so I built it (...) (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Dave Schilling's pneumatic parlor trick
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(...) Is it because the extension side of the piston face has a greater surface area than the retraction side? The connection between the piston face and the piston rod accounting for the difference. Steve (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Dave Schilling's pneumatic parlor trick
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While at Brickfest I had the chance to meet Dave Schilling again. Dave is a very knowlegable technic/robotics builder. I also got the pleasure to meet his brother Phil. What a couple of nice guys. Dave showed me a pneumatic parlor trick that those (...) (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | MOC's entered in BrickFest
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(and whit's of Nanthan's MOC's whare in the race?....) Thanks for asking! I had 9 creations there- all as one MOC. I don't know if the telehandler was the closest vote or everthing together, but the telehandler got the most interest. I discovered (...) (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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