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Why do the front tires of Road graders tilt sideways? My guess is that 1)it might lower the blade, it won't lower that much 2) to be able to drive on a tilted surface. If the first is true, it would not lower the blade much unless they tilt more (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Liebherr LR-1750
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(...) have a rather large quantity on hand. I actually have two other cranes that are still assembled along with the two visible in the pictures. One is a smaller model of a Manitowoc 888, which I keep on my desk at work: (URL) the other is a model (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Liebherr LR-1750
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(...) WOW!!!! your cranes are always amazing. i can't wait for more detailed pictures and the weight test. most impressive! you must have a large inventory of parts to keep two huge cranes like that together. bob Bob Kojima Fial Incorporated Telecom (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | New technique: Cascaded Trinary Pneumatics (aka mid-stop)
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(...) I have succeeded in directly cascading trinary pneumatic stages (where cylinders stop in the middle). This is a direct development of my mid-stop pneumatic JCB steering mechanism, which I first described here two years ago: (URL) (second (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New technique: three position piston control
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(...) I tried to make a sequencer using two mid-stop piston configurations, and it didn't work out on paper (at least the cases I tried.) Hmmm...... I think that with a walker, you probably need to add one more switch to instrument full (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Crazy building moment?
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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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| | Re: New technique: three position piston control
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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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| | Liebherr LR-1750
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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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| | Re: Video of Cable Shovel In Action
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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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| | Re: Interview about my hobby on the Dutch TV
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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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