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(...) this. But i'm gonna use conventinal rc parts for power (ie motor, prop, servos) and make the rest of the plane Lego. I don't know how "pure" this is and i don't care. All i want is to make a plane made of mostly Lego fly. I might be naive but (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) 6 legs and 3 leg groups is a great idea!! (...) I've think about overshooting the mid point and i don't know sure but i think it will overshoot the mid point whan you link them in serie isn't it?... and when you build it into a walking beast i (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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Well, I finally got around to posting some pictures of the early stages of my latest creation. It is a model of a Liebherr LR-1750 crawler crane to go along with my LR-11200. The pictures are still being "moderated" but here is the link; (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Ah - understandable. I actually stocked up on them from bricklink, as I so often found them useful. I admit - I tend to agree with you on the noise making it "larger than life". Any chance of videos of the upgraded hoist then? One other thing (...) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) One does not need to understand Dutch to enjoy this video. I watched the video 5 times back to back. Those trucks are huge! That Scania LS111 is the most beautiful Lego truck I have ever seen. The Menck M154 is Motorized, which I did not know (...) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-05, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Nathan, check your inbox. If you have one from "bubba brant" then you have it now. Alvin. (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.technic, Kevin L. Clague wrote: (SNIP) (...) Sadly not, though I'll upload a lot more to my Brickshelf once my digital camera arrives. That will be better than circuits for explaining the positions of offset switches. I had also planned to (...) (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I probably could reduce bulk and noise by using worm gears, but at the time I built that part of the machine I only owned two worms and I needed them in other places. The 'crowd' has two motors and transmissions and I had already used one worm (...) (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Cool. Could you get less noise and a reduction in space using a worm gear? I seem to remember them being less efficient, but they would give good reduction, and should lower the noise considerably, although they may require placing motors (...) (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That might explain why I had no difficulty - I *always* download first, then watch something, I am just too careful and would not like my browser being crashed by slightly awkward content.. Danny -- (URL) - Build Robots (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Most of the noise is coming from the 'crowd', the part that pushes the bucket back and forth. It uses a bunch of 40, 24 and 8 tooth gears to do it's thing: (URL) And they make a ton of noise, the gears. The motors there do not have built-in (...) (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Hello, I'm not sure what was causing problems with viewing the movie for some of you.. It works a lot better for me if I download the movie, then view it. It did not work when I tried to view it in the browser window. Hope that helps, Ben (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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In July I was interviewed about my hobby for a Dutch programme about transportation. It was broadcasted two weeks ago and they also put the video on their website. It is spoken in Dutch but there's no subtitling unfortunately. For those who are (...) (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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If that's true I think some folder on brickshelf is missing about 35MB of file .... (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Works fine for me here too. It is impressive, but it is also one of the noisiest things I have seen in a while. One or two of those motors sound like they are a little stretched. Maybe it is encoded with a newer codec? -- (URL) - Build Robots (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Works fine with QT6.5. Maybe you got a download problem? (I first downloaded the 40Mb file before playing it). Ben, this is a very impressive constuction, with fast and smooth movements. Congratulations! Philo (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) File corrupted here too Cristiano (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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I don't know what you're using there for the quicktime player but it came out all corrupted and blotchy here, and caused an error in my quicktime player causing it to shut down. What version of quicktime are you using there? (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Woh, this is compact! How could he fit independent rear suspension and a 4-speed tranny in there? (URL) (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Hello, Video of my Mining Shovel has been posted to brickshelf: (URL) Make sure to watch the whole thing, the machine takes two passes at the pile. -Ben (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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