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Hope that I'm not bringing up old news here, but I noticed that LEGO Education is offering a new set of pneumatic components for pre-order. I was a little surprised to see this, since I thought that pneumatics had been all but retired in favor of (...) (16 years ago, 28-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | motorization of 8466 sized model
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I have been working at making a monster truck with 8466 wheels. Everything was going well until I was sorting out the propulsion. Has anyone had any sucess in motorising a large model that would travel at a reasonable speed? I think that there is a (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: VW Beetle set (10187) now with power functions!
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(...) Very nicely done, David! (...) Not exactly cheap, but: (URL) - Due to the placement of the battery, the rear seat back is no longer angled. (...) Yes it's always hard to retro-fit such functions to sets not designed for it, and the VW is (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | VW Beetle set (10187) now with power functions!
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Hi, After building the new VW set last Sunday, I brought it to work and while everybody admired it, one person commented that it should be powered and should have functional steering... So back to the building desk I went and voila: (URL) <-- Movie (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Power Functions remote control Thumbstick - new challenge
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(...) OK, here is an attempted solution to the "new challenge", i.e. translating joystick movement to tank controls. It works, but it's a little awkward to use (pushing the joystick sideways requires quite a lot of force). I'm sure Jason (or (...) (16 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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