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| Hello all, So, how much load has anyone successfully placed on a micromotor? I used a micromotor to steer 2 tandem axles in one of my model of a sideloading container truck (see olivierg.50megs.com/...eering.htm for details). When the truck was (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: Ideas for new sets?
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| (...) I've tried making such a system, and unless lego comes out with high-friction pads, there is no way to clamp down a 4x4 pulley hard enough to notice any braking action. The ratio between 4x4 pulley and big wheel is too great, plus us humans (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: In Search of...
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| (...) Well, more than Anything I want to get more COmplete Amazons, I mean parts are nice, but the particualr colors and pieces in Jungle are perfect for my MOC(whats that mean anyway?) so f you can find them PLEASE let me know, and thnx (26 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.slizer)
| | | | | Re: Ideas for new sets?
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| (...) The problem was that it took 3-4 shafts (I forget, since I have since dismantled it) to build one that worked (at least 3). The more separate shafts you have, along with end thrusts, the more power drawn off the motor. It worked, but was not (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: Ideas for new sets?
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| Some vehicles prototypically have brakes on (...) not quite true. One of the cars I drive on occasion has its brake on the dif (it has no transmission per se, just a chain and dif aft of the engine...its a replica of a 1903 Locomobile) I'm just (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: Ideas for new sets?
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| YES!!! Proper motorbike wheels! Spoked, if possible, and 80+mm diameter.... I definitely second the wish for Model Team motorbikes. See (URL) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
| | | | | Re: 2001 Model
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| If only I had..... Duq "Steven Lane" <Steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:GB0toH.Gso@lugnet.com... (...) their (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: Ideas for new sets?
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| (...) A Model Team race bike! Now that's a great idea! I think an UCS bike set with a considerable number of pieces would be even better. LEGO would probably need to create a new wheel for it - the wheels on the <set:8422> are not big enough for (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
| | | | | Re: 2001 Model
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| (...) I think those parts were new with the 1999 sets, but that year was when I came back to Technic (Throwbots of all things sucked me back in to Lego) so I can't confirm it. 8445 and 8446 both had one of those springs too, the former uses it to (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: 2001 Model
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| How many people have both the Technic Recovery Truck AND!! the Shuttle their must be loads of us :-) Steve (26 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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