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(...) Wow! I for one can hardly wait to see the video of this. And I would love to see more explanation and construction details too! cheers, Alexander (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)
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Thanks -- making a hexagon out of equilateral triangles occurred to me after submitting my post, but I really had no idea what was going on with the funny angle, so this has been very educational. As always, this is one of the most helpful and (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Good to know; I loved it from the first time I saw it, but the rarity was a problem. (...) I had an instant use for that piece as well - flip-flop gates for a working model of Digi-comp II: (URL) when I eventually get time to compile it... the (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)
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(snip) and the very rare but handy "Technic bush with 3 axles" (URL) (yeah, from just one set it (...) That particular piece is showing up in more sets: The Batman Copter with Scarecrow's bi-plane has three of those pieces in the set, and the new (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) A 12-12-17 triangle is very nearly right, and has angles of about 44.9 degrees. I used four of them in making a stop sign: (URL) Note that all eight corners are nicely studded down. Joe and Brian wrote: (...) Well whaddaya know! I'd always (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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